Practice of Safe Motherhood in Sittalpati Village Development Committee of Sankhuwasabha District

Abstract

Study was carried out to find out the safe motherhood practice regarding the postnatal,natal and prenatal practice among the women of Sittalpati VDC of Sankhuwasabha. Out of 120 households having 2 years children, 78 households were selected for the study through simple random sampling (lottery) method. Study was fully based on primary source of data.The study followed descriptive research design. Required data and information werecollected by administering the interview by the researcher himself. Data were interpreted manually and to make the study clearly observable, data were shown in table and figures int he form of percentage. Analysis and interpretation of data were done sequentially as per objectives of the study.This study analyses the level of knowledge and utilization of safe motherhood services among the women of Sittalpati VDC, residing at three different wardsof the Sankhuwasabha district. The main objective of this study was to examine the knowledge, perception and utilization of safe motherhood services of the women of the Sittalpati VDC. This study was conducted on married women of Village community having at least 2 years child of Sittalpati VDC Sittalpati VDC of Sankhuwasabha. Therefore, the main source of information was primary, where 78 married Village women having at least one 2 years oldage child has been interviewed through structured schedule.The percentage population inthe Sittalpati VDC from the age of below 14 years was 37 percent, from 15 to 49 years was 54 percent and above 50 years was 10 percent. The literacy rate of the respondents was 44 percent, among them 63 percent had an education of up to primary level, 22 percent had up to lower secondary level of education and 12 percent of them had up to secondary level of education; the literacy rate of the respondent’s husband being 85 percent.The number of respondents was the highest in the age group of 20 to 24 years, which was 27 percent andthe lowest was in the age group of 45 to 49 years, which was only 3 percent.The education plays the pivotal role in every shorts of awareness, be it social or health related. A very low level of education of the respondents of the Sittalpati VDC has may such consequences as marriage of young girls at an early age, early age pregnancy, less use of antenatal and postnatal care services and so on. As many as 23.1 percent of the respondents are found tohave married at a very early age of 10-14 and 66.7 percent are found to have married at an age of 15-19; while only 10.2 percent of them married at an age of 20-24. The respondents are not aware about eating balanced and nutritious diets and taking sufficient rest. Most of the deliveries in this VDC are taking place at home (60%)with the assistance of friends and neighbors (42%), family members (48%).