Background: India is a country of villages where 72.2% of the people live in the rural area and women of reproductive age group (15-49 years) constitutes 21% of the total population. Majority of the women suffer from morbidity due to obstetric and gynecological problems. Objectives:To know the health seeking behavior of a married women of reproductive age and to know the types of health services utilized by them. Methodology:It is one year community based cross sectional study. The study was conducted at Handignur PHC area in Belgaum district (India) from January 2007- December 2007, with a sample size of 732 (total number of all women in reproductive age group of selected villages under Handignur PHC area). All married women of reproductive age group were included in the study, and data was collected by administering pre designed and pre tested structured proforma. Data were analyzed using SPSS software. Results:The present study revealed that, 22.03% of the women were in the age group of 35-39 years. The literacy rate of the women was found to be 74.4%. The literacy rate of their husbands was found to be 82.4%. Joint family was the__ampersandsignnbsp; commonest being 81.28%. 71.3% of the women belonged to the category V of modified Prasad__ampersandsignlsquo;s group of socio economic status classification. All married women of reproductive age had the knowledge of the facilities available near their homes. 79.09% of the women preferred to go the PHC/ sub center for general health problems. 99.59% said it was easy accessibility. 92.49% said that they were satisfied by the treatment. In case of 75.18% of the study participants their husband__ampersandsignlsquo;s made decisions for them regarding their general health problems. For obstetrics care all 732 women preferred going to the PHC/ sub center. 39.34% said they made 1-2 visit for their ANC check up__ampersandsignlsquo;s. And to be noted that 21.03% of the women did not make a single visit as there was no PHC__ampersandsignlsquo;s/ sub center during the time of their pregnancy. 78.96% said they received iron and folic acid tablets during the time of their pregnancy. 54.78% women said the doctor provided it to them. 78.96% said they received injection tetanus toxoid injection during the time of their pregnancy. 66.12% said that they preferred the PHC/ sub center for the choice of place for getting delivered. 47.00% preferred the doctors conducting the deliveries. The choice of health facility opted for the gynecological problems; 81.42% said that they preferred the PHC/ sub center. 81.42% women said because it was near to thehouse, all necessary and emergency drugs were available and all facilities were provided. 46.17% of the women said it was their own decision. 91.25% women said they were practicing either temporary or the permanent methods or their husbands were using temporary methods of family planning. 61.07% women were using copper T as the methods of family planning. 61.07% women said the doctors at the PHC/ sub center helped them in providing them the family planning methods. 48.35% women said it was their husband__ampersandsignlsquo;s decisions in case of family planning. Conclusion: The participants had a fair knowledge regarding treatment seeking, the availability of health care services and the types of services offered. TREATMENT SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF MARRIED WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE BELONGING TO A RURAL COMMUNITY OF INDIA Mohammad Shakil Ahmad1, Shaikh Mohsin1, Ritu Kumar Ahmad2 1College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia 2Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Chennai E-mail of Corresponding Author: doc_shakmd@live.com 60 International Journal of Current Research and Review www.ijcrr.com Vol. 04 issue 03 February 2012 The key decision maker for general health problems, obstetric health problems and for family planning was the husbands, where as for the gynecological problems the majority of women made her own decisions.