Knowledge, uptake of preconception care and associated factors among reproductive age group women in West Shewa zone, Ethiopia, 2018
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Authors
Fekene, Daniel Belema
Woldeyes, Benyam Seifu
Erena, Maru Mossisa
Demisse, Getu Alemu
Issue Date
2020-02-19
Type
Article
Language
en_US
Keywords
Preconception Care , Knowledge , Uptake , Reproductive Age , West Shewa , Ethiopia
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Abstract
Background:
Preconception care is a set of interventions that are to be provided before pregnancy, to promrote the health and well-being of womwen and couples .
Methods:
A community-based cross-sectional study was employed among a sample of 680 reproductive-aged women in the West Shewa zone, Oromia regional state, from November 2017 until the end of January 2018. The data were collected using a pre-tested and structured questionnaire. The collected data were coded and entered into Epi data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS 22 for analysis. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models were utilized to determine factors associated with the outcome variable. The association was presented in odds ratio with 95% confidence interval and significance determined at a P-value less than 0.05.
Result:
A total of 669 participants had participated with a response rate of 98.3%. Among the respondants, only 179 (26.8%) had a good knowledge of PCC and 97 (14.5%) of them had utilized PCC. Factors that show significant association with good knowledge of PCC are history of institutional delivery (AOR = 1.43 (95%CI (1.31–7.33), PNC service utilization, (AOR = 5.02 (95%CI (3.22–7.84), history of using modern contraceptive, (AOR = 1.44 (95%CI (1.37–6.98) higher educational status (AOR = 4.12 (95%CI (1.22–6.52) and being regularly employed (AOR = 1.8 (95%CI (1.01–3.22). Factors like better family monthly income (AOR = 4.1 (95%CI (1.57–9.35), history of PNC (AOR = 6.33 (95%CI (3.94–10.17) and good knowledge of PCC (AOR = 4.3 (95%CI (2.67–6.98) had shown positive association towards the uptake of PCC.
Conclusion and recommendation:
This study found that only one-quarter of the women in the study has good knowledge of PCC and low uptake of PCC. History of institutional delivery, PNC service utilization, history of using a modern contraceptive, educational status and being regularly employed were factors that affect knowledge of PCC and family income, having good knowledge about PCC and history of PNC were affect the uptake of PCC.Therefore, PCC needs serious attention from the government and other stakeholders.
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Citation
Fekene, D. B., Woldeyes, B. S., Erena, M. M., & Demisse, G. A. (2020). Knowledge, uptake of preconception care and associated factors among reproductive age group women in West Shewa zone, Ethiopia, 2018. BMC women's health, 20(1), 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-020-00900-2
Publisher
BMC Women's Health