The Attitude of the Pregnant Women Attending Ahsania Mission Cancer and General Hospital regarding Antenatal Care

Abstract: This cross sectional descriptive study was conducted with 100 mothers regarding attitude of the pregnant women who attending in the Ahsania Mission Cancer and general Hospital,Dhaka-1230.The key objectives were to find out the knowledge level regarding danger signs during pregnancy , to explore the current attitude towards seeking maternal services , to measure the ANC ,natal and PNC rate among the women who ever got pregnant , to explore the barriers to seek maternal health services , to examine the relation between socio-demographic indicators and seeking services. Result after analyzing the collected data is was found that one third of the study women do not know any health risks of a pregnant mother. Forty six percent of the respondents mentioned prolonged labor as a major health risk followed by risk to life of mother (26%), eclampsia (19%), obstructed labor (13%) and risk to life of baby (8%). 45% of the respondents identified public hospitals and 37% health and family welfare centers for pregnancy care, 46% qualified doctors and 9% of the respondents mentioned about NGO clinic or hospital. One fourth of the respondents said they heard form qualified service providers and 28% mentioned about relatives.98% of the women think women should go for ANC and 54% think it should be in case of complications .Only 17% said women should go at one to three months of pregnancy duration. Among them 60% visit 2 or 3 times and 26% more than three times. 66% of the respondents said they visited when they were less than six month of pregnant. Those who did not ANC they mentioned not perceived as necessary (16.7%), too far (33%), religious bindings (16.7%) and don't know about the service (33.3%). Respondents were asked from whom they took the ANC. 60% of the respondents sought treatment from Family Welfare visitor (FWV) and 28% from a qualified doctor. The recommendation are as: A wider study should be undertaken to generalize the findings; Awareness raising program should be undertaken by the government as well as private or NGO to increase awareness on mental health; Family planning and health worker should more initiatives for increase awareness of mothers; and IEC materials should be distributed among the mothers as well as in the community