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of accuracy, functionality and reliability, the system is effective.
Based on the findings and conclusions, the following recommendations are hereby
presented: 1) The health care providers should not only be dominated by the midwives. Nurses
and doctors should be encouraged to be consistently involved in the community especially those
in the far flung areas so as to limit the actual number of barangay handled by the health workers
in delivering quality service to the patients; 2) Community Health Information Tracking System
(CHITS) in Moncada, Tarlac must be sustained and maintain the effective delivery of services
to the patients; 3) On the level of effectiveness of CHITS in terms of accuracy, functionality and
reliability, it must be sustained and continuously developed for the benefits of delivering effective
health care services; 4) Other research should be conducted from another perspective using
more variables and in a wider scope.

KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES OF PRIMIGRAVIDA CLIENTS
RECY B. PAED

This study determined the knowledge and practices of primigravida clients along
prenatal, intranatal and post natal. Part 1 focused on the respondent’s profile, part II dealt on the
knowledge and practices of primigravida, part III on the significant difference in the knowledge
and practices of primigravida clients and part IV focused on the significant relationship on the
knowledge and practices of clients across their profile variables. Descriptive design was used in
the study
Majority of the respondents are aged 20-24, high school graduate, with a monthly
family income of below 5,000 pesos, unemployed and Catholic. On the knowledge of the
primigravida mothers on prenatal care, majority of them understood the reasons for undergoing
prenatal check-up. In intranatal care, mothers knew that the head should be the presenting
part to descend. Along the post natal care, mothers knew the importance of breastfeeding to
the newborn baby. On the practices of primigravida mothers on prenatal care, majority of them
submitted for tetanus toxoid vaccination. Along the intranatal care, mothers breastfed their baby
few minutes after delivery. Along postnatal care, mothers submitted their babies for vaccination.
On the significant difference, all areas including the overall knowledge of primigravida mothers
show significant difference when grouped according to age. Significant difference was noted when
college graduates are compared with high school undergraduates, and high school graduates.
Highest educational attainment affects primigravida mothers’ knowledge on prenatal, intranatal
and postnatal. Religion and occupation are not significant in the knowledge of primigravida
mothers. On the significant relationship, there exists between practices among primigravida and
age, highest educational attainment, monthly family income and frequency of visit to a health
care facility. Knowledge among primigravida mothers along prenatal, intranatal and postnatal
are significantly related to occupation and religion.
Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions are offered. Majority

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