Vol. 9, Issue 6 (2020)

Author(s):
T Kamalaja and K Rajeswari

Abstract:
The study evaluated maternity health care practices of women during their gestational time. The sample size comprised of 103 and a pre developed questionnaire was used to gather information on dietary, physical care practices and health care services adopted by the women at the village level. The data were analyzed using frequency and percentages. The findings revealed that the utilization of health care services as very low among the study respondents. The study adds literature on the factors affecting the utilization of services by the women and helpful in informing the stakeholders in the health sector about issues important to the assessment of health programmes.