Use of antenatal care in pregnant women of the delegation Iztapalapa federal district of México

Utilización del control prenatal en gestantes de la delegación Iztapalapa, distrito federal de México

Objective: to determinate the use of antenatal care in pregnant women of the delegation Iztapalapa in the Federal District of Mexico. Materials and methods: sudy descriptive, retrospective (December 2014 to April of 2015), in the delegation of Iztapalapa of the District Federal of Mexico, it shows was constituted by 135 women. To collect the information is used a survey to data socio-demographic and characterization family based in the ENSANUT. Also used the instrument of assessment of family functionality (APGAR family) and satisfaction with the services. Data were coded in an array of data in the Microsoft Excel program and its analysis was performed by descriptive statistics using the statistical software SPSS version 23. Results: were included in the study, 135 women pregnant women, with an average age of 26,7 years, prenatal median was 5, the main reason to attend is the detecting early alterations, also they are satisfied with the care provided by health personnel and they have adequate family support. Conclusions: the use of the control prenatal is greater among primiparous women, that living nuclear families and that perceived their families as functional.