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A study on service utilization of janani shishu shuruksha karyakram among beneficiaries of rural areas of Jabalpur District, India

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Original Article

Author Details : Ashish Kumar Jain, Neeraj Rai, Aditya Thakur*, Pradeep Kumar Kasar

Volume : 14, Issue : 3, Year : 2024

Article Page : 680-685

https://10.18231/j.pjms.2024.121

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Abstract

Objective: Despite drop in maternal deaths in India, state’s MMR is still high at 173 per 100000 live births. Maternal and child health programme in India had change a lot since last decade. But target is still far to achieve. : To determine the utilization of JSSK scheme among Pregnant women and various reasons for the non utilization of the above service.
Materials and Methods: It was a descriptive Cross sectional study done in the rural areas of Jabalpur district. A sample of 400 was acquired. Multistage random sampling was used for selection of study participants. House to house visit was conducted to collect data using predesigned, pretested semi-structured questionnaire. Collected data was checked for its completeness and correctness before analysis.
Result : Out of 400 study participants only 80 (20%) study participants were fully benefitted during hospitalization under JSSK. only 28 % of the study participants who were more than 25 years old had fully utilized JSSK related services. The association between age of the study participants and full utilization of JSSK services was statistically highly significant (P<0> Conclusion : Unawareness about the scheme and unavailability of services in the health facilities add up the problem which eventually increased their out of pocket expenditure.
 

Keywords: JSSK, Pregnant mother, Utilization, Benefits, Maternal mortality

How to cite : Jain A K, Rai N, Thakur A, Kasar P K, A study on service utilization of janani shishu shuruksha karyakram among beneficiaries of rural areas of Jabalpur District, India. Panacea J Med Sci 2024;14(3):680-685

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