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KMID : 03772197819780000001
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Medical Journal of Chosun Univercity
1978 Volume.3 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.19
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A Study on the Maternal and Child Health Status in Rural Area
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文宰奎/Moon, Jaekyu
全雲天/鄭耀翰/Jeun, Unchun/Chung, Yohan
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Abstract
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This survey was conducted by the 10 interviewers for 2 months, from January 1 to Fe-bruary 28, 1977, aimed at grasping the maternal and child health status of mothers, who were residing in Noahn Nyun, Naju Gun area. The interiewers visited the 533 mothers, who have : spouse who are living, are between the ape of 20-49, and children.
Major findings from this study can be summarized as follows ;
1) The majority of the mothers, 25.5% were 30-40 years of age. The average age at interview is 32.8 years.
2) The majority of the mothers, 51.7% graduated from elementary school.
3) 57.3% of the mothers were found to have married between the age of 20 to 24 years old. Mothers in the study area were found to be marrying at the average age of 21.0 years.
4) The majority of the spouses, 87. 2% were employed in agriculture.
5) 62.8% of the mothers were found to hare delivered their first babies at ages of 20 to 24, while only 15.7% had their first babies at 23 to 29.
6) 22.8% of the mothers had 3 children, while 19. 5% and 19.0% had 2 and 4 children. respectively.
7) 79.1% of the mothers hadn´t experienced a single death of a child within the family, while 15.3% of the mothers had experienced the death of one child.
8) The average frequency of pregnancies is 4.1. 19.9%, 17.8% and 17.2% of the mothers had 5, 3 and 4 pregnancies, respectively.
9) 24.4% of the mothers experienced an induced abortion at least once. 2.2% of them were found to have experienced 4 or more induced abortions.
10) 51.3% of the mothers were found to have received prenatal guidances a t last their Pregnancy by maternal and child health workers at least one or more times.
11) 10.1% of the mothers received professional prenatal care in their previous pregnancy.
12) The majority(91.0%) of the mothers had their last born child delivered at home. And only 9.0% were delivered by a physician or midwife.
13) Materials used at delivery are comprised of vinyl(36.3%), clothes(25.0%), cement bags(l6.3%), gauze or absorbent cotton(l4.8%), others(7.1%).
14) The majority of the attendants at delivery were found to be mothers-in-laws(68.2%). Only 16. 2% were found to be attended by either doctors, midwives, a nurse, or M. G. H. (maternal and child health) field workers.
15) In most(96.7%) of the deliveries, scissors were used to cut the umbilicus. But most (71.6%) of them used unsterilized scissors, while only 25.1% of them used sterilized ones.
16) 92.9% of the umbilical cords were buried, 2.9% burned, the rest were 4.2% disposed of by other means.
17) 78.0% of the last-born babies were breast-fed for 1 year or longer, those who were weaned during 6-12 months were 15.4%.
18) During the first year, 72.3% of the last-born babies were breast-fed, while 18. 4% were given a combination of breast milk and cooked rice.
19) 89. 9% of babies received smallpox vaccination, while 78.8%, 43.9%, 40.5% and 6.3% received BCG, poliomyelitis, DPT and measle vaccinations, respectively.
20) 87.9% of the mothers recognized the existence of the goverment-sponsored maternal and child health guidance program.
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