Objective To analyze changes in the improvement in effective utilization of information on maternal health care after the initiation of health strategy in Beijing and Shanghai municipality.
Methods We collected a total of 381 materials including statistics, reports, surveillance data, and studies on maternal health published by administrative agencies and professional institutions in Beijing and Shanghai between 2016 and 2017. Descriptive methods were used to compare the utilization of the maternal health-related information in the two municipalities after the initiation of the health strategy.
Results The utilization of information on health care during childbearing and pregnant and puer-peral period were improved in Beijing, with an increased ratio for overall utilization of the information of 7.6%, from the utilization index of 6.93% to 7.46% in Beijing municipality; while, no improvement in the information utilization was observed in Shanghai municipality. The most promoted information utilization was observed for the materials about risk factors for maternal health and their influencing factors in both Beijing and Shanghai, with the increased ratio of 9.9% and 1.7% for the utilization indexes and improvements in other aspects of the information were not obvious.
Conclusion The initiation of the health strategy is of promotion effect on the utilization of information on maternal health care to a certain extent in Beijing and Shanghai municipality, suggesting that policies related to the strategy needs to be developed and implemented.
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