A study to assess the knowledge of factors associated with maternal mortality and its prevention under the national rural health mission among health workers at selected primary health centres of Jaipur district

Abstract

A study to assess the knowledge of health workers regarding maternal mortality and its prevention in selected primary health centres of Jaipur District. Method:-This study based on non-experimental descriptive design with the aims of reduceing maternal mortality. Objectives: - To assess the knowledge of factor associated with maternal mortality among health workers working under the National Rural Health Mission, to assess the knowledge of preventive measure of maternal mortality rate and to assess the association between knowledge of Health workers with selected demographic variables. A structured questionnaire tool was used to assess the knowledge of health workers regarding maternal mortality and its prevention. This study was conducted in March-April 2017 at selected primary health centres of Jaipur District. Result:-The result showed that existing knowledge of health workers was (50.5%) regarding MMR, the prevention score was (51.6%) and for factors affecting MMR the score was (46.6%). The mean score of overall knowledge about maternal mortality was 50.05% amongst the respondents. The results indicate that the (26.7percentage) of male health workers had inadequate knowledge and 53.3percentage of female health workers had moderate knowledge. The chi square value indicates that there was a significant association between sex and Knowledge level of respondents regarding maternal mortality conclusion:-The findings revealed that Health workers had only moderate knowledge regarding maternal mortality and its prevention. Therefore, more efforts should be taken by the health workers to improve awareness regarding maternal mortality and its prevention and need further study on maternal mortality .