Utilization of Maternal and Child Health Care Services and Nutritional Status of Under Five Children in Bungmati Village Development Committee, Lalitpur, Nepal

Introduc on Maternal and child health care services is essen al component to promote family health. Despite of being provided free of cost, adequate u liza on of services is s ll the issue affec ng health of both mother and child in Nepal. Objec ve The objec ve of this study was to assess the u liza on of m aternal and child health care services and nutri onal status of under five children in Bungma Village Development Commi ee, Lalitpur, Nepal Methodology Descrip ve cross sec onal study was conducted in Bungma VDC of Lalitpur district, Nepal among one hundred and fi y households having either under five children, postnatal mothers or pregnant women which was selected purposively based on the objec ves of the study. Data was collected by using interview guidelines and anthropometric measurement of children under five was taken. Collected data were analyzed in SPSS. Results Regarding u liza on of maternal health care services, 90.9% had done their fourme antenatal checkup, 94.2% had delivered their baby at hospital and 65% married women of reproduc ve age were using one of the family planning methods. Likewise, immuniza on of under five children showed 100% BCG coverage, 88% pentavalent DPT and Polio, 77% Measles and low coverage of injectable Polio vaccine. About nutri onal status of under five children, more than half (57%) of the child were underweight, 41% were stunted and 20% of them were wasted. Conclusion U liza on of maternal health care services is good though coverage of family planning needs to be improved and immuniza on program should be strengthened. Awareness program for improvement of nutri onal status of the under five children should be planned to address nutri onal problem of children.