Advanced International Journal for Research

E-ISSN: 3048-7641   •   Impact Factor: 9.11

A Widely Indexed Open Access Peer Reviewed Multidisciplinary Bi-monthly Scholarly International Journal

Call for Paper Volume 7, Issue 5 (September-October 2026) Submit your research before last 3 days of October to publish your research paper in the issue of September-October.
Submit Research Paper Join as a Reviewer

Plagiarism is checked by the leading plagiarism checker TurnItIn

Call for Paper

Volume 7 Issue 5
September-October 2026

Submit your research paper

Indexing Partners
Academia Advanced Sciences Index Bielefeld Academic Search Engine CiteSeer DRJI Google Scholar Independent Search Engine & Directory Network ISI (International Scientific Indexing) Issuu Mendeley Research Networks
RefSeek ResearcherId - Thomson Reuters ResearchGate Scirus Scribd Semantic Scholar Wiki for Call for Papers WorldCat Zenodo

Effectiveness of Maternal Health Schemes in Improving Maternal and Child Health: A Study in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu

Author(s) A. Thamilarasan, Dr. S. Pichaipillai
Country India
Abstract Maternal and child health is a key indicator of social and economic development. Maternal health schemes aim to improve access to prenatal care, institutional deliveries, postnatal care, maternal nutrition, and child health services. This study evaluates the effectiveness of maternal health schemes in improving maternal and child health outcomes in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu.

A descriptive and comparative research design was adopted. Primary data were collected from 60 mothers — comprising 30 beneficiaries and 30 non-beneficiaries — using a structured interview schedule. Purposive sampling was employed to select the respondents. Percentage analysis and the Chi-square test were used for data analysis.

The findings indicate that 80% of the respondents were aware of and utilized maternal health schemes. Furthermore, 83.3% reported attending four or more antenatal check-ups, 91.7% underwent institutional delivery, 81.7% received adequate postnatal care, 80% of infants had normal birth weight, 86.7% practiced exclusive breastfeeding, and 90% of children were fully immunized.

Chi-square analysis revealed statistically significant associations between participation in the scheme and antenatal care visits (χ² = 4.50, p = 0.034), institutional delivery (χ² = 3.95, p = 0.047), birth weight (χ² = 4.17, p = 0.041), exclusive breastfeeding (χ² = 4.15, p = 0.042), and infant immunization (χ² = 4.88, p = 0.027). As all p-values were less than 0.05, the null hypothesis was rejected.

The study concludes that maternal health schemes are positively associated with improved maternal and child health outcomes in Cuddalore District. The effectiveness of these schemes could be further enhanced by strengthening awareness, accessibility, timely financial assistance, antenatal and postnatal services, and district-level monitoring.
Keywords Maternal health schemes, maternal health, child health, antenatal care, institutional delivery, immunization, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu.
Field Mathematics > Economy / Commerce
Published In Volume 7, Issue 5, September-October 2026
Published On 2026-09-20
View / Download PDF File

Share this



E-ISSN 3048-7641
CrossRef

CrossRef DOI is assigned to each research paper published in our journal.

AIJFR DOI prefix is
10.63363/aijfr

Downloads
Research Paper Format Copyright Permission Form and Undertaking Form Cover Page Vol 7 Isu 6Cover Page Vol 7 Isu 4Cover Page Vol 7 Isu 3

All research papers published on this website are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, and all rights belong to their respective authors/researchers.

CC-BY-SA Open Access

About AIJFR
Fees & Payment
Current Issue
Publication Archive 		Submit Research Paper
Track Submission Status
Publication Guidelines
Publication Ethics
Peer Review & Plagiarism 		Join as a Reviewer
Editors & Reviewers
Reviewer Referral Program
Get Reviewer Membership Certi. 		Website/Journal Policies
Usage Policy
Content Policies
Privacy Policy
Contact Us +91-9898-79-39-59 editor@aijfr.com