Review Paper
Year: 2021 | Month: March | Volume: 8 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 281-286
Review on Pregnant Women Adherence Level to ANC and Its Effect on Perinatal Outcome
Rafna Rafeek PM1, Ateendra Jha2, A R Shabaraya3
1Student, PharmD, Department of Pharmacy Practice, 2Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, 3Professor & Head, Department of Pharmacy Practice,
Srinivas College of Pharmacy, Mangalore, Karnataka-574143
Corresponding Author: Rafna Rafeek PM
ABSTRACT
Antenatal care or prenatal care is the service provided to pregnant women in order to ensure the best health conditions for the women and the fetus during pregnancy. ANC is considered as a backbone of obstetrical services of any health of pregnant women and is the way in which maternal and fetal complications are detected and managed. The purpose of the antenatal care is to monitor, improve the wellbeing of the mother and fetus. The prevention, monitoring, and early detection, also the treatment of maternal health problems, which enhances maternal satisfaction, and healthcare utilization depends on the quality of antenatal care. Maternal deaths can be reduced if women can approach quality medical care during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. This can be reduced by quality prenatal care that WHO recommended for all pregnant women to have four consecutive ANC visits for low risk pregnant women2Sreduces poor birth outcomes through increasing the utilization of institutional delivery4. There is a relationship between ANC and good perinatal outcomes; although it is not clear whether this is a causal relationship as attending ANC may be a marker for women who take good care of themselves generally. The results point out several avenues for further research and action to increase the number of women receiving ANC. Interventions to promote ANC may include preparing community health workers to promote.
Keywords: Antenatal care, peri natal outcome.
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