期刊名称：International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies
印刷版ISSN：2349-6711
电子版ISSN：2349-6959
出版年度：2015
卷号：2
期号：3
页码：219-232
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出版社：Scholar Publications
摘要：Equitable provision of health care services and the degree of accessibility are major challenges for developing countries. The study regarding with accessibility to health care has long been of interest to medical geographers and other social scientists. There are numerous factors that contribute to the status of maternal health care services. This investigation, in Birbhum District of West Bengal, focuses on those that affect the interval between the onset of obstetric complication and its outcome, going through the medium of accessing maternal health care services (MHCS). The use of MHCS depends as much on both the availability and accessibility of services along with the socio-economic characteristics of the users. In spite of having adequate education and satisfactory nourishment, women die during obstetric labour in different parts of the world. Geographical location and allocation of health service centres along with the terrain pattern, road condition, status of connectivity and accessibility can be the governing factors over here. Through the study, it has tried to find out the interrelationship between physiography, accessibility and connectivity with the prevailing maternal health care service and maternal health outcome status of the study area. The study has revealed the fact that the area with rugged terrain exhibiting lower accessibility, connectivity and inadequate provision of MHCS. This has raised a question on the strategic allocation of health care services and provision of service facilities to the downtrodden population.
