Students interview a Dai about her perseptive on changed in maternal care in rural Uttar Pradesh
The 2013 research aimed to better understand the beneficiaries of the government policies on institutional deliveries by examining the nuanced social, behavioral, and institutional factors that affect the decisions of a woman and her family during pregnancy. The team interviewed expectant mothers and other key players who influence the mothers’ decisions, including their husbands and family members, community health workers, local public and private sector clinicians, block health officers, and other members of local health bureaucracies. By speaking with the various actors directly, they were able to derive insights and identify barriers to institutional deliveries from the ground-up.
They hope that the insights and suggested opportunity areas will encourage policymakers, health care workers, researchers, and non-government organizations to pursue further attention and research in the critical topic of institutional deliveries and ultimately create improved future policies for mothers and babies in India.
Report is forthcoming!!
