Evaluation of antenatal care provided at clinics and at home in the area of the divisional director of health services Haputale

Abstract

The study finds that the quality of clinic care varied between estate and non-estate clinics. It also varied between health workers and the volunteers who assisted in clinical activities. The study showed that antenatal domiciliary care in the estate sector was almost nonexistent. Appropriate elements of antenatal care were given to all mothers in the clinics, but quality of care varied. Eighty percent of mothers interviewed were of the opinion that they had received "good" or "very good" antenatal care at clinics. Fifty eight percent (58 per cent) stated that they had received good domiciliary care. The study also identified the role that medical administrators would need to play in order to improve the prevailing antenatal care services.