Abstract
It is well established that those women who under go full antenatal care check-up and give birth in a medical institution or whose delivery is attended by trained paramedical persons promotes child survival and reduces maternal mortality . In the light of the above, an attempt is made in this paper to relate the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the currently married Schedule Tribes' women in eight districts of Chhatisgarh with factors associated with antenatal and post- natal care. Data for this study were taken from District Level Household Survey on Reproductive and Child Health (DLHS- RCH 2002), a representative sample of 1569 Scheduled Tribes' currently married women aged 15-44, residing in eight districts of Chhatisgarh. Adjusted effects (odds ratios) analysis has been used to find out the ef fects of antenatal and post-natal care on institutional delivery in Chhatisgarh. It is observed that majority of the Scheduled Tribes' women, about 84 percent, have a low standard of living. Also, 74 per cent of the Scheduled Tribes' women are illiterate. The finding of the adjusted effects (odds ratio) shows that giving birth in the medical institution for the Scheduled Tribes' women who received full antenatal check up is 2.5 times higher than those women who did not receive any antenatal check-up. It suggests that majority of the currently married Scheduled Tribe women have low standard of living there is a need to improve their economic standard so that they can fulfill their basic needs.
Highlights
Medicinal plants have been used throughout the world for the treatment and prevention of various diseases, in developing countries where infectious ailments are indigenous and modern health facilities and services are inadequate (Kisangau et al 2009)
The category that has the highest fidelity level (FL) value is Cucumis sativus (100%) followed by Rosmarinus officinalis (93%)
The data obtained from our informants and analyses in the present paper clearly show that modern pharmaceuticals have taken the place of folk cures in many parts of the world, the use of herbs for the making of home remedies and folk knowledge on medicinal plants still remains of some importance in the studied region
Summary
Medicinal plants have been used throughout the world for the treatment and prevention of various diseases, in developing countries where infectious ailments are indigenous and modern health facilities and services are inadequate (Kisangau et al 2009). Phytopreparations for external use such as salves, gels, creams, baths and liniments (liquid ointments) contain biologically active substances that are for the most part non-toxic, produce no irritation, and induce no allergic reactions (Ugulu and Baslar 2010). These preparations provide highly effective treatment of many strains of microbes and viruses, including those having acquired resistance to many antibiotics and synthetic drugs (Semkina 2005). The therapeutic and antiviral effects of many medicinal plant therapies are related to the presence of biologically active substances such as alkaloids, cardenolides, flavonoids, triterpene and steroidal saponins, anthraquinones, polysaccharides, coumarins, chromones, carotenoids, fatty and ethereal oils, organic acids, etc. (Sizova and Popova 2006)
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