Role of Demographic and Socio-economic Factors for Influencing on Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services Among the Scheduled Tribe Women: An Experience from the EAG States of India

AbstractMaternal health is a significant public health issue in India ’s Empowered Action Group (EAG) states. Reducing maternal mortality is greatly helped by the proper use of maternal health care services. In the EAG states of India, the study intended to investigate how socio-economic and demographic factors affect maternal health care services for women who belo ng to scheduled tribes (ST). Data for the study have been primarily gathered from the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey in the years 2019–2021 and 17,870 women from scheduled tribes who were in the age range of 15–49 and had at least one live birth in the 5 years before to the su rvey were included in the sample. The Social Ecological Model (SEM) has been utilized to identify socio-economic and demographic determinants at various levels for utilizing maternity health care services among women from scheduled tribes. The findings of this study reveal that several socio-economi c and demographic characteristics at the personal and interpersonal, social and community, and organizational and policy levels were consistently highly influenced by the use of maternal health care services. Full antenatal care of women has been significantly affected by several factors, including higher maternity age (OR = 1.21, CI: 0.998–1.484), higher education (OR = 1.22, CI: 0.964–1.551), working women (OR = 1.41, CI: 1.079–1.839), age at first birth over 18 years (OR = 1.36, CI: 1.151–1.604...
Source: Global Social Welfare - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research