ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2021
Changing scenario of C-section delivery in India: Understanding the maternal health concern and its associated predictors.
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- A Review of the National Family Health Survey Data in Addressing India's Maternal Health Situation.Public health reviews · 2022Pooled it
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- Community health providers' perceptions on the preference of caesarean section deliveries: A qualitative study in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundCaesarean section (C-section) delivery is a serious maternal health concern in the long run. Notedly, there is a lack of studies dealing with understanding the ways and reasons of C-section deliveries becoming a public health issue in today's time in India and the measures to reduce the unnecessary caesarean sections. We have conducted this study to study the changes in the state-wise prevalence of C-section deliveries in India and understand C-section delivery's socioeconomic and biomedical predictors. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe study uses data from the fourth and fifth rounds of the National Family Health Surveys (NFHS). The per cent differences in the C-section deliveries from NFHS-4 to NFHS-5 across the states were measured through relative changes. The association between the C-section delivery and socioeconomic and biomedical factors were assessed using multiple logistic regression.
resultsThis study revealed that the C-section deliveries are higher in the southern states than in the other parts of India. Literacy plays a vital role in C-section deliveries. The probabilities of C-section deliveries are more in 30-40 and 40 + years. The women belonging to the median wealth index category were more likely (OR-CI, 1.62 [1.55-1.66]) to undergo the C-section followed by the women from wealthy households (OR-CI, 1.46 [1.41-1.52]).
conclusionThe Government's health policymakers should take the initiative to reduce the C-section section delivery by means of building maternal health literacy and awareness among women and the community so that its future implications can be minimised. It is crucial to formulate a mandate and implement it in the states where C-sections are too high through community health workers and primary care providers.
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