Abstract
The primary objective of the study was to explore the patterns of utilization of antenatal healthcare services. . In addition it
examined the association of socio-demographical variables in utilization of antenatal healthcare services among women of
reproductive age in District Lahore of Punjab province. The data were collected from 330 women in the age of reproduction (15-
49 years) in second trimester (4 to 6 months) of pregnancy, as a part of a longitudinal study in Lahore through multistage
sampling technique. The study was conducted between February 2019 to August 2019. The study found that around 58 percent of
women attended the minimum of four antenatal visits. Maternal antenatal healthcare utilization was higher among urban women,
women with lower age at first birth, women with higher educational status, women with employed husband and where distance
was not a big problem (p<.05). Overall, residential background, women age, women age at first birth, women’s educational
status, wealth, parity of pregnancy, exposure to mass media, women’s employment status has an association with utilization of
maternal antenatal healthcare. Targeted interventions are needed to improve antenatal care utilization among mothers from
lower socioeconomic status, having low literacy and living in semi-rural areas or slum urban areas.
Tehseen Zamir Ali, Saeed Ahmad, Rubeena Zakar. (2021) Exploring the Determinants of Utilization of Antenatal Healthcare Services among Pregnant Women in District Lahore, Pakistan, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume-58, Issue-1.
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