Antenatal Care Service Utilization Among Adolescent Pregnant Women-Evidence From Swabhimaan Programme in India

• Main Authors: Prakash H. Fulpagare (Author), Abhishek Saraswat (Author), Konsam Dinachandra (Author), Nikita Surani (Author), Rabi N. Parhi (Author), Sourav Bhattacharjee (Author), Somya S (Author), Apollo Purty (Author), Babita Mohapatra (Author), Nita Kejrewal (Author), Neeraj Agrawal (Author), Vikas Bhatia (Author), Manisha Ruikar (Author), Raj Kumar Gope (Author), Zivai Murira (Author), Arjan De Wagt (Author), Vani Sethi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose: Pregnant adolescent girls (15-19 years) are more vulnerable to poor health and nutrition than adult pregnant women because of marginalization and lack of knowledge about the antenatal care (ANC) services. The present study aims to test this hypothesis and assess determinants of ANC service...