Abstract
Context/Background: Institutional delivery has been found to be one of the key predictors of neonatal mortalityprevention and is a recognized intervention to reduce maternal mortality. Despite this known fact, mothers stillprefer to deliver at home.Methodology: 359 mothers of 2 months to 24 months old children were selected from Verka block of districtAmritsar using stratified random sampling technique. Data was collected using a semi structured and pretestedquestionnaire. Analysis was done using frequency distribution, simple percentages and inferential statistics of chisquarewas used to test hypothesis at 5% level of significance.Results: The overall prevalence of institutional delivery was 64.9%. Study revealed that parity, proximity to publichealth facility, high education, socioeconomic status and utilization of full antenatal package had significantlyincreased the institutional delivery.Conclusions: Therefore there is a need to enhance education, expand public health institutions and createawareness about antenatal care and institutional delivery by utilizing existing platform of village level workers toincrease the rate of institutional delivery.
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