Study on Maternal Health Practices Among Hill Korwa Women in Chhattisgarh
Explore a study conducted on maternal health practices among Hill Korwa women, a particularly vulnerable tribal group in Chhattisgarh. The study focuses on antenatal and postnatal care, place of child birth, and traditional maternity practices.
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Introduction : Hill Korwa is one of the five particularly vulnerable tribal group of Chhattisgarh. Hill Korwa named as PVTG because of certain features(1)Extreme Poverty(2) Low level of Literacy(3) Primitive Technology(4)Declining Population.
Objectives (1) Antenatal and Postnatal care, (2) Place of Child Birth, (3) Traditional practices regarding Maternity . Methodology The study was taken place in twelve villages of Bagicha and Manora blocks of Jashpurdistrict. The samples get collected by the purposive sampling method where only those women are interviewed whogoes through the maternity phase. The sampleconsists of 101 Hill Korwawomen of 18 to 50 years age groups. Tool used for the data collection was Questionnaire , interview guide and camera. It wasa Descriptive study. semi-structured interview-schedule,
Result and Discussion Antenatal and Postnatal care 73.3 percent respondents received ANC service by ANM during the field visits.. 85.1 percent respondent are not been aware about the institutional delivery as well as the facility of cash incentives benefit of the government. 61.2 percent new born child get immunized. Place of Child Birth 92.1 percent Hill Korwa women give child birth at Kumba. Only 7.9 percent women prefers health centre for delivery. Traditional practices regarding Maternity Taboos Coved Practices
Dr. Rashmi Kujur, Asst. Professor,Sociology, Govt. Pt. S.C.Shukla College ,Dharsiwa
