Awareness about Government Scheme of Maternal Nutrition among Urban Area
Rupanti Verma
Food and Nutrition Science, College of Community Science, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ajodhya, India.
Zeba Jamal *
Department of Apparel and Textile Sciences, College of Community Science, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ajodhya, India.
Prachi Shukla
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ajodhya, India.
Ritika Pandey
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ajodhya, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Maternal and child health is one of the eight millennium development. Encouraging institutional deliveries can help lower maternal and infant death rates. The Indian government has implemented a few maternity benefit programs in order to accomplish this. The study was undertaken to awareness about government schemes of maternal nutrition among urban area. The descriptive research design was adopted for the study and the study was conducted in Ayodhya district. A well-structured self-made questionnaire (google form) were used for collecting data from 100 urban people, selected through simple random sampling method. Frequency analysis was used for analysing data. The study revealed that most of the respondents have great knowledge about the government maternal nutrition schemes. Raising public knowledge of government programs aimed at promoting maternal nutrition in urban areas is essential to guaranteeing expectant mothers receive the assistance and resources they need to improve their health and the health of their unborn children, ultimately leading to improved outcomes for the health of mothers and children in urban areas.
Keywords: Awareness, maternal nutrition, government schemes