Assessment of Knowledge Regarding Postnatal Care among Men in Selected Rural Areas of Himachal Pradesh

Dr. Rohit Nadda

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i06.10141

Assessment of Knowledge Regarding Postnatal Care among Men in Selected Rural Areas of Himachal Pradesh

Author(s)	Dr. Rohit Nadda
Country	India
Abstract	Background: WHO defined health as the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely an absence of disease or infirmity, but it includes ability to lead socially and economically productive life.1 Being a man or women has a significant impact on health, as a result of both biological as well as gender related differences. This study assesses the knowledge about the antenatal care among married and unmarried men of 18-35 years age in selected rural areas of Himachal Pradesh. Methods: The study was an unmatched case and control design where married men were considered as a case and unmarried men as comparator group. This study was a part of large study for which sample size of 268 men in each group was calculated assuming prevalence of female contraceptives 70% in unmarried men and 85% in married men. This was carried out by cluster-based sampling in villages of Nagrota Bagwan and Shahpur health blocks of DRPGMC Tanda at Kangra. Results: The 93.3% participants among case group are aware of anaemia in pregnancy while only 64.9% among control group are aware of anaemia in pregnancy. The knowledge about all three causes of anaemia was statistically more in case group (61.9%) as compared to control group (38.8%). Assessment about high-risk pregnancy, about 72.4% participants among case group were aware about the risk factors in pregnancy as compared to 43.3% in control group with statistically significant differences (P=0.000). All the causes of high-risk pregnancy were reported by the participants of case group (44.0% vs 29.9%) with statistically significant differences. Conclusions: Married men had significantly more knowledge about various components of antenatal care. The awareness approach for unmarried men needs to be designed regarding antenatal care.
Keywords	postnatal care, anaemia, married men, unmarried men
Field	Medical / Pharmacy
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 6, November-December 2023
Published On	2023-12-09
Cite This	Assessment of Knowledge Regarding Postnatal Care among Men in Selected Rural Areas of Himachal Pradesh - Dr. Rohit Nadda - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 6, November-December 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i06.10141
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i06.10141
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gs8dcc

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