2019
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-019-0356-y
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Antenatal care and mothers’ education improved iron-folic acid adherence at Denbiya district health centers, Northwest Ethiopia: using pills count method

Abstract: Background Anemia is the leading public health problem among pregnant women worldwide. Iron-Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation is the strategy to control pregnancy induced anemia, but its adherence status was not well studied. Objective The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of IFA adherence and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Denbiya district health centers. Methods Cross -sectional study design … Show more

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“…Women who have a higher knowledge of anaemia were more than three times likely to be IFA adherent as compared to their counterparts of low anaemia knowledge. Similar findings have also been reported in other studies elsewhere, 27,36,38 . It is possible that having higher knowledge of anaemia enables a mother to understand the aetiology of anaemia, its prevention measures as well as the deleterious effects that the condition could cause to the mother and her unborn baby.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
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“…Women who have a higher knowledge of anaemia were more than three times likely to be IFA adherent as compared to their counterparts of low anaemia knowledge. Similar findings have also been reported in other studies elsewhere, 27,36,38 . It is possible that having higher knowledge of anaemia enables a mother to understand the aetiology of anaemia, its prevention measures as well as the deleterious effects that the condition could cause to the mother and her unborn baby.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…A large population-based study conducted among pregnant women in SSA noted higher odds of IFA compliance among women with at least four ANC visits 35 . In Ethiopia, Molla et al observed that women with at least four ANC visits were almost seven times more likely to be IFA compliant while Tarekegn et al reported higher IFA compliance among women who had attained at least 3 ANC visits, 36,37 . Generally, ANC visits correlate positively with IFA adherence.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The association between lack of fourth visit for antenatal care and risk of developing noncompliance to IFAS during pregnancy was stated in eight studies [ 25 , 28 , 30 , 31 , 36 , 37 , 40 , 43 ]. Accordingly, the result from meta-analysis from those revealed that women who had fourth visit for ANC in pregnancy were 1.54 times more likely to have compliance to IFAS during pregnancy as compared to those had no fourth visit for ANC [OR 1.54, 95% CI (0.66,3.58.43)].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…24 On the contrary, it was observed that the husband's educational status reduced the odds of good folic acid supplementation among pregnant women in Ethopia. 25,26 This observation underscores the importance of male involvement in pregnancy. Education increases knowledge and uptake of folic acid supplementation, and informed spouses can boost supplementation by providing reminders and other support to help with pill taking.…”
Section: Articlementioning
confidence: 64%