Tehran University of Medical Sciences Journal of Family and Reproductive Health 1735-8949 14 2 2020 10 18 95 101 Sandeep Sharma Department of Epidemiology, ICMR-National JALMA Institute of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Partha Mohanty Department of Epidemiology, ICMR-National JALMA Institute of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Ruchi Omar Department of Epidemiology, ICMR-National JALMA Institute of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Ankit Viramgami Department of Clinical Epidemiology, ICMR-National Institute of Occupational Health Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India Namita Sharma Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India 2020 01 01 2020 07 25 Objective: To assess the status of utilization of Maternal Health Care (MHC) services in slums of an industrialized city and elucidating the various determinants influencing the utilization. Materials and methods: A Cross-sectional study using multi stage sampling methodology was conducted in slums of an industrialized city. The study participants were the women who had given a live birth in the last one year before 4 weeks of the study starts. Total one hundred eighty families were interviewed & analysed. Results: The utilization of MHC services was poor as compared to national averages in urban slums. There was no association between age of mother, birth order, educational and occupational status of head of family with utilization of services while education and employment of mother, category and type of family, distance and time to reach health facility, were significantly associated. Conclusion: The reduction of maternal mortality and morbidity mostly depends on the utilization of MHC services. The findings of this study have important implications for improving utilization of maternal health care service https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/1279 https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/download/1279/521