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THE SITUATION OF PERINATAL HEALTH SERVICES IN POOR RURAL AREAS OF CHINA AND IT'S EFFECT ON THE HEALTH OF MOTHER AND NEWBORN

Hao Bo, Wang Linhong, Guo Sufang

The First Hospital of Beijing University, Beijing 100034, China

Objective: To investigate the situation of perinatal health services in poor rural areas and its effect on the MMR and NMR of the same places.

Methods: Some data about MMR, NMR, population, economy and perinatal health was analyzed in multiple-factor and multilevel regression analysis method and the data was collected from 113 poor counties of five provinces of China in 1997.

Results: The MMR and NMR were respectively 159.30 per one hundred thousand and 39.76 per thousand. The prenatal checking up rate was 60.90%, hospital delivery rate was 30.57%,cleaned delivery rate was 58.03%,postnatal visits rate was 33.77%, Results from multiple-factor analysis showed that hospital delivery rate and cleaned delivering rate are negatively correlative with MMR, and prenatal checking up rate is negatively correlative with NMR.

Conclusion: The service level of perinatal health in poor rural areas of the five provinces is lower, which may have influence on the MMR and NMR of these areas. So, it is necessary that hospital delivery rate, cleaned delivering rate and prenatal checking up rate should be increased in these areas.