Objective To explore maternal health services utilization in rural areas in Rongchang County, and to analyze the influencing factors.
Methods Seven hundred pregnant women were enrolled by stratified cluster sampling. The data was analyzed in SAS 8.2.
Results Ninety-five percent of pregnant women had an antenatal examination, 69.3% had it for 5 times or more, and 75.4% received checking in the earlier stage of pregnancy; 98.3% were delivered in hospital, 26.3% had postpartum visit 3 times or more, and 16.7% had been systematically managed. The main influencing factors of systematic management rate were family yearly income before pregnancy whether or not the patient participated in the new rural cooperative medical scheme, and the number of pregnancies.
Conclusion The maternal systematic management rate in the county has yet to be improved. Health education to improve prenatal care and postnatal visit status should be strengthened, and women should be guided to participate in the new rural cooperative medical scheme.
Citation： ZHANG Zhuan,WANG Yang,TANG Xiaojun,WANG Hong,LONG Qian. The Status Quo and Influencing Factors Analysis of Maternal Health Services Utilization in Rural Areas of Rongchang County. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2009, 09(7): 744-747. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20090131 Copy