Knowledge and Attitude of Preconception Care among Primary Health Care Providers and Associated Factors in ALERT Hospital,Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2024-01-24
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: Preconception care involves providing biomedical, behavioral, and social health interventions to women and their partners of reproductive age before pregnancy. This care has the potential to lower morbidity and mortality rates of mothers and children. Unfortunately, PCC is largely underutilized in many developing countries.
Objective: The study aims to evaluate primary healthcare providers’ knowledge and attitude of preconception care and associated factors at ALERT Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Method: The study was conducted among 206 primary healthcare providers working at ALERT Hospital from August to October 2023, using a convenience sampling method. Data was collected using validated questionnaires. The research variables have been expressed using descriptive statistics. To determine factors associated with PCC attitude and knowledge, bi-variable logistic regression has been used. Variables with a bi-variable analysis less than 0.2 P-value were considered for multi-variable logistic regression.
Result: According to the study, 78% of healthcare providers have a favorable attitudeand78.5% of healthcare professionals have good knowledge of PCC. The study also found also factors that are correlated with knowledge and attitude towards PCC. The health professionals who are male (AOR: 2.67, 95%CI: 1.13-6.31), have free internet access in their institution (AOR: 3.24, 95%CI: 1.18-8.89), and have a preconception care plan in their facility (AOR: 2.83, 95% CI: 1.24-6.45) were found to be highly correlated with knowledge. Moreover, statistically significant factors linked with a favorable attitude towards PCC included work experience (AOR: 6.76, 95% CI, 1.08-42.35) and monthly salary (AOR: 0.02, 95% CI: 0.001-0.29). Conclusion and recommendation: More than 75% of participants had good knowledge and a favorable attitude of PCC. It has been found that having free internet access and a preconception care plan available in the workplace can significantly improve health care providers' knowledge. In particular, those with less than five years of professional experience and higher monthly salaries tend to have a favorable attitude toward PCC. Therefore, it Essential to increase the availability of free internet access and resources to help improve health care providers' knowledge. Unfortunately, PCC is largely underutilized in many developing countries
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Knowledge, Attitude, Preconception Care