INFORMATION NEEDS OF RURAL PREGNANT WOMEN IN GUNTUR DISTRICT
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S. MAMATA*, M.S.CHAITANYA KUMARI and G.MANASA
College of Home Science, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur – 522 034
Keywords:
Information needs, Rural, Pregnant women, Guntur District.Abstract
The study (2018-’19) focused to identify the information needs of rural pregnant women by adopting
exploratory research design in order to address the existing knowledge gaps. A sample size of 90 rural
pregnant women from nine villages of Guntur district were selected for the study. Results indicated that
majority of the pregnant women have expressed their information needs on antenatal registration process,
laboratory tests, obstetric complications, high risk pregnancy, nutrition during pregnancy, etc. Awareness
about various Govt. schemes and programmes was appreciable among the pregnant women as great majority
(87.77%) of the respondents availed them. Information sources for the pregnant women were mainly parents
(91.11%) which ranked first, followed by health department (88.88%) which ranked second, and Department of
Women Development and Child Welfare (86.66%) which ranked third.
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