Utilisation of Janani Suraksha Yojana among Women in Urban and Rural Areas of Western Uttar Pradesh Mattas Shalki1,*, Pant Bhawana2, Sharma Saurabh3, Shukla Arvind3 1Postgraduate Resident, Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut 2Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut 3Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut *Corresponding author: Shalki Mattas Postgraduate Resident, Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut
Online published on 8 March, 2019. Abstract Background In April 2005, under the National Rural Health Mission, the Government of India launched a scheme known as Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY). It aims to promote institutional deliveries among pregnant women living below poverty line in all the states and Union Territories of the country with special focus on low performing states. Aims & Objectives To find out the extent of utilisation of the JSY scheme by rural and urban women in the community. Material & Method The present study was done in the catchment area of rural and urban health and training centre of Subharti Medical College The sample size was 150 each in urban and rural area. Findings Complete antenatal care was received by only 19.2% of the beneficiaries. 24% of the beneficiaries in urban area and 17% of the beneficiaries in rural area received complete antenatal care. Among the women who registered under JSY, 71% of the women received money after delivery in rural area and 82% of the women received money in urban area. Top Keywords Janani Suraksha Yojana, Utilisation, Urban, Rural, Western Uttar Pradesh. Top |