Assessments of Knowledge and Attitudes of Pregnant Women on The Benefits of Antenatal Care Utilization, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2015-06
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Addis Ababa University
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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)]
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
populat ion,
women empowerment
through educat ion
and
income generat ing
act ivit ies as well as wit h involvement of husbands during informat ion educat ion and
communicat ion would have to be intensified on ANC programs.
Key words: Knowledge, Attitude
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Knowledge, Attitude