Impact of Mothers Awareness Gained Through Antenatal Care on Mother and New Borne Health at Pabna District in Bangladesh

Background: Antenatal care (ANC) serves as a critical component of maternal healthcare, providing pregnant women with essential medical services, information, and support to ensure a healthy pregnancy and childbirth. Objective: The aims of this study was to examine the impact of rural and urban mothers awareness gained through antenatal care of which mothers admitted in the labour ward and postnatal wards of Pabna Medical College Hospital for child birth. Methodology: A descriptive type of cross-sectional study was conducted among systemic randomly selected 442 postnatal mothers. Among them 241 mothers were selected from rural and 201 mothers from urban area. Data were collected by face to face interview through structured questionnaire from January to October 2022. Results: The mean age of rural mothers was 24.82 ± 4.03 years and 24.68 ±4.5 years of urban mothers. From the rural areas, 91.3% respondents know about meaning of antenatal care. On the other hand in urban areas 97.5% respondents know about meaning of antenatal care. It was found that in case of rural areas, 83.8% respondents replied that mother’s condition after child birth was good and in case of urban areas 88.1% respondents replied that mother’s condition after child birth was good. In rural areas 89.7% respondents replied that babies condition after birth was good and in urban areas 92.6% respondents replied that babies condition after birth was good. Conclusion: The awareness gained through antenatal care plays a pivotal role in promoting maternal and neonatal health by facilitating early detection and management of complications, promoting healthy behaviors, and empowering women to make informed decisions about their health and the health of their newborns.