Prevalence and Determinants of Institutional Delivery among Teenage Mothers (15–19 years) in India: Evidences from the NFHS-5 Survey
The findings call for strengthening the continuum of maternal healthcare approach to improve institutional delivery specifically in low-performing states with poor maternal health service utilization among less-educated, rural, deprived, young women, and their parents, as they are less likely to choose ANC, institutional delivery, and post-natal care.
Authors
- Prakash Babu Kodali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9358-9712)
- Sibasis Hense (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8369-5164)
- Wapangjungla Longchar
Institutions
- Central University of Kerala (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Community Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_64_24
- Primary Topic
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00