Antenatal Care, Attitudes, and Practices
Antenatal Care, Attitudes, and Practices
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DOI：
10.1093/tropej/41.supplement_1.21
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发表时间：
1995-01-01
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2
通讯作者：
Khan, Moslem U.
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作者：
Baldo, Mohammed H.;Al-Mazrou, Yagob Y.;Khan, Moslem U.
本文以1991年的妇幼保健调查结果为基础，讨论了沙特阿拉伯对产前保健的态度和做法。调查涵盖了6306户家庭的整群随机抽样，其中6294名15岁至49岁的沙特已婚妇女中有1050人怀孕。访谈问卷包括样本中目前怀孕和出生的产妇护理数据，总计4777名5岁以下儿童。按年龄、城乡、地理和教育差异确定的产前护理覆盖面和孕妇就诊频率、由谁和在哪里以及不接受产前服务的原因。调查时的孕妇比例为17%；整个样本的产前护理就诊率达到86%；就诊一次或两次的频率为37%；就诊三次或四次的比例为25%；接受医生检查的比例为85%，而在政府机构就诊的比例为88%。按时出席的占85%。然而，近三分之一(30%)的不参加者认为他们不需要产前护理。虽然产前保健服务的利用率已经很高，但仍需通过健康教育和宣传进一步提高，强调夫妇的作用。
This paper discusses attitudes and practices of antenatal care in Saudi Arabia, based on the results of the maternal and child health survey of 1991. The survey covered a cluster random sample of 6306 households, with 6294 ever-married Saudi women 15-49 years of age out of whom 1050 were pregnant. The interview questionnaire included maternal care data on current pregnancies and births in the sample, totaling 4777 children less than 5 years old. Coverage of antenatal care and frequency of visits among pregnancies identified, by whom and where, and reasons for not attending antenatal services by age, urban-rural, geographical, and educational differentials. Proportions pregnant at the time of the survey were 17 per cent; antenatal care attendance for the whole sample reached 86 per cent; frequencies of one or two visits were 37 per cent; and three or four visits 25 per cent; those checked by a physician were 85 per cent, while 88 per cent attended governmental facilities. Those with timely attendance were 85 per cent. However, almost one-third of non-attenders (30 per cent) believed they did not need antenatal care. Though utilization of antenatal care services is already high, it has to be further increased through health education and publicity, emphasizing the couples role.