Desalegn, Fantanesh (2015) Assessments of Knowledge and Attitudes of Pregnant Women on the Benefits of Antenatal Care Utilization, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Background: Antenatal Care means care before birth and includes education, counseling, screening and treatment to monitor and to promote the well - being of the mother and fetus. Most previous studies done on knowledge and attitude of women toward ANC were community based done on general women of child bearing age. Until now little has been known about knowledge and attitude of women who are currently using ANC services. Objective: The aim of this study is to assess knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women regarding the benefits of Antenatal care in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted among 405 pregnant women from March to April, 2015. Participants were interviewed using structured questionnaire. Twenty five nurses were trained and involved in data collection process. Data was entered using Epi-data and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the study variables. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess the relative effect of determinants. AP<0.05 was considered statistically significant in all tests of significance. Result: From total of 405 women interviewed 59.3 percent of them were found to have good knowledge and 55.3% had good attitude about ANC services. Related to determinant factors women who had partner support were found to have both good Knowledge and good attitude towards ANC [AOR 6.78(3.44, 13.3)][AOR 2.18(1.19, 3.97)]. Women with less than grade 8 were less likely to have good attitude than those who were grade 9 and above [AOR 0.51(0.27, 0.98)]. Compared to women who did not attend ANC during their most recent pregnancy, women who attended were 0.28 times less likely to have good attitude [AOR 0.28(0.10, 0.82)]. ii Conclusion: According to this study three out of five women were found to have good Knowledge of ANC and slightly greater than half of the study participant had good attitude of ANC utilization. Their knowledge on certain aspects of antenatal care were still poor. Partner support educational level and health facility visit for their most recent pregnancy were the determinant factors good attitude and good knowledge Recommendation: As a long term strategy to reaching all segments of the population, women empowerment through education and income generating activities as well as with involvement of husbands during information education and communication would have to be intensified on ANC programs.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Knowledge, Attitude |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) R Medicine > RT Nursing |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Vincent Mpoza |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Oct 2018 13:06 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2018 13:06 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/7148 |
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