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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Mohammad Alauddin, PhD and A.K.M. Towfique Aziz, MSc. Pathfinder International, 9 Galen Street, Suite 217, Watertown, MA 02472, 617-924-7200, ghainsworth@pathfind.org
With USAID support, Pathfinder funds 18 NGOs in rural Bangladesh to deliver an essential health services package (ESP), which includes the provision of family planning (FP), maternal and child health, and limited curative care services through village depots and satellite and static clinics. To improve maternal health, the NGOs encourage pregnant women to come to clinics for ANC visits (with a minimum of three visits).
In late 2000, a large survey of 27,014 households was conducted in NGO service areas. Out of these households, 5,400 were sampled for generating data on care-seeking behavior. The sample was biased to obtain a higher number of households with pregnant women and women delivering in the last 12 months. In the sampled households, of the 5,583 women interviewed, 857 were currently pregnant and 1,795 delivered during last 12 months.
The survey has data on the knowledge and use of ANC services and the household economic conditions of these women. The data will be analyzed to examine the relationship between household expenditure, use of ANC services, and source of services to discern where the poor turn to for ANC services (public, private, or NGO sources)
This paper will present key findings from the analysis of data and contribute to existing knowledge on care-seeking behavior of the rural poor in Bangladesh.
Learning Objectives: By the end of this session, participants will be able to
Keywords: International Reproductive Health, Care Seeking
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.