Abstract
The provision of RCH services are instrument in bringing down IMR and MMR, these two health indicators are the best key indicators reflecting health situation of any country.
Result: 855 mothers with their newborns were studied, a significant association was found between low birth weight and age of the mother at the time of delivery, parity and literacy level of mother, socioeconomic status of the family, birth spacing, ANC check up, consumption of iron/folic acid and any medical illness of mother like anemia.
Conclusion: The findings of present study reveals that unwanted perinatal outcome can be tackled by providing adequate antenatal care to pregnant women in time. To bring more and more women under Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojna (JSSY) and provide them adequate ANC, this will provide a long way to reduce adverse perinatal outcome.
This study designed to evaluate RCH services in relation to parinatal outcome.
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i5.25
