Research Article
Factors Influencing Birth Preparedness in Rapti Municipality of Chitwan, Nepal
Table 2
Distribution of status of birth preparedness-related practices, knowledge, and status among respondents (
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| | Characteristics | Number () | Percent (%) |
| | ANC check-up in last pregnancy () | 139 | 84.2 | | ANC visit as per protocol () | 86 | 61.9 | | Reason for not going ANC visit () | | | | Distance to the health facility | 8 | 30.8 | | Lack of information | 15 | 57.7 | | Shyness | 3 | 11.5 | | Counseling during ANC () | | | | No counseling | 14 | 10.1 | | Poor counseling | 52 | 37.4 | | Better counseling | 73 | 52.5 | | Knowledge about danger signs requiring treatment () | | | | No knowledge | 15 | 9.1 | | Poor knowledge | 34 | 20.6 | | Better knowledge | 116 | 70.3 | | Heard about birth preparedness () | 127 | 77.0 | | Source of information for birth preparedness () | | | | Health worker | 110 | 86.6 | | Radio/TV | 11 | 8.7 | | Newspaper | 4 | 3.1 | | Poster/pamphlet | 4 | 3.1 | | Friends/relatives | 97 | 76.4 | | Had birth preparedness () | 124 | 75.2 | | Reason of not having birth preparedness () | | | | Bad for child | 3 | 7.3 | | No need to prepare | 20 | 48.8 | | Lack of information | 12 | 29.3 | | No problem arises before | 6 | 14.6 |
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