Volume 10, Issue 4, March 2015, Pages 1233–1237
Usman Ahmed1, Shahzad Farid2, Muhammad Luqman3, Muhammad Zaman Zaigham4, Muzaffar Ahmed5, and Imtiaz Ahmad warraich6
1 Department of Sociology, Bahaudin Zakariya University, Pakistan
2 Department of Sociology, International Islamic University, Pakistan
3 Department of Sociology, Bahaudin Zakariya University, Pakistan
4 Department of Sociology, Bahaudin Zakariya University, Pakistan
5 Department of Sociology, University of Gujrat, Pakistan
6 M. Phill Scholars, Department of Sociology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Original language: English
Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: To evaluate the Emergency Obstetric Care Services in rural areas of D.G. Khan.
Methods: Mixed methodology technique was used in the present study for data collections. 115 women were selected out of 571 via multi-stage sampling techniques and 22 respondents from the staff of 6 BHUs were selected through purposive sampling for interview. SPSS 17 were used for statistical data analysis.
Results: Local community people preferred EMoC services over tradition healing system (p<0.05) and they are satisfied from the provided EMoC services in their rural areas (p<0.05).
Conclusion: It was evaluated that EMoC services are working effectively in rural areas of Southern Punjab.
Author Keywords: EMoC services, Maternal health, Anti-natal care, Post-natal care.
Usman Ahmed1, Shahzad Farid2, Muhammad Luqman3, Muhammad Zaman Zaigham4, Muzaffar Ahmed5, and Imtiaz Ahmad warraich6
1 Department of Sociology, Bahaudin Zakariya University, Pakistan
2 Department of Sociology, International Islamic University, Pakistan
3 Department of Sociology, Bahaudin Zakariya University, Pakistan
4 Department of Sociology, Bahaudin Zakariya University, Pakistan
5 Department of Sociology, University of Gujrat, Pakistan
6 M. Phill Scholars, Department of Sociology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Original language: English
Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the Emergency Obstetric Care Services in rural areas of D.G. Khan.
Methods: Mixed methodology technique was used in the present study for data collections. 115 women were selected out of 571 via multi-stage sampling techniques and 22 respondents from the staff of 6 BHUs were selected through purposive sampling for interview. SPSS 17 were used for statistical data analysis.
Results: Local community people preferred EMoC services over tradition healing system (p<0.05) and they are satisfied from the provided EMoC services in their rural areas (p<0.05).
Conclusion: It was evaluated that EMoC services are working effectively in rural areas of Southern Punjab.
Author Keywords: EMoC services, Maternal health, Anti-natal care, Post-natal care.
How to Cite this Article
Usman Ahmed, Shahzad Farid, Muhammad Luqman, Muhammad Zaman Zaigham, Muzaffar Ahmed, and Imtiaz Ahmad warraich, “An Evaluative study of Emergency Obstetric Care Services in Southern Punjab,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 1233–1237, March 2015.
