A STUDY ON MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION STATUS IN INDIA
Area/Stream: Social Sciences, Authors: K. Prabhu, Dr. C. Dhandapani Keywords: Mother health, child health, antenatal care, postnatal care, Delivery care, child vaccination, Child mortality, Infant mortality and India Book Name /series: Futuristic Trends in Social Sciences, Volume 2, Book 4, Part 3, Chapter 1Publication: IIP Proceedings Year: 2022, Month: November Page No: 95-101, ISSN/ISBN: 978-93-95632-75-1, DOI/Link: https://www.rsquarel.org/assets/docupload/rsl2023799051E70F0A876.pdf
Abstract:
The National Family Health Survey 4 & 5 served as the sole source of information for this article. Describe the availability of maternal and child healthcare in India's rural and urban locations. India has already fallen short of millennium development targets pertaining to the health of disadvantaged populations. These objectives are currently being continued with sustainable targets. Through various schemes and programmes, India offers healthcare services. such as the universal immunisation programme, the janani suraksha yojana, the janani shishu suraksha karyakaram, the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan, and the integrated child development service programme The availability of maternal and child healthcare has generally increased, and both rural and urban child death rates have declined. In India, the majority of mothers and children seek out public health facilities. Additionally, the level of child immunization was raised, and further vaccines were obtained from a public health centre. Women and children can get nutritional support from the Anganwadi centres. This kind of data is not included in the national family health survey. Therefore, in the future, data on nutritional supplements from Anganwadi should be added in the national family health survey.
