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Knowledge of Preconception Healthcare and Associated Factors: A Study among Mothers in Jinka Town, Southern Region, Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Preconception healthcare is promising to improve the reproductive health status of women and couples if they receive care three months to two years before conception. In the current context of Ethiopia, however, preconception healthcare is overlooked in the continuum of care. Therefore,...

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Autores principales: Tesema, Kassahun Fikadu, Cheneka, Tamirat, Alemu, Alemayehu, Feyissa, Mekonen, Birkaye, Birhanu, Mohammed, Hafiza, Kidu, Eleni, Wegaso, Getahun, Wasihun, Biresaw
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Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7937480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33727898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/7529805
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author Tesema, Kassahun Fikadu
Cheneka, Tamirat
Alemu, Alemayehu
Feyissa, Mekonen
Birkaye, Birhanu
Mohammed, Hafiza
Kidu, Eleni
Wegaso, Getahun
Wasihun, Biresaw
author_facet Tesema, Kassahun Fikadu
Cheneka, Tamirat
Alemu, Alemayehu
Feyissa, Mekonen
Birkaye, Birhanu
Mohammed, Hafiza
Kidu, Eleni
Wegaso, Getahun
Wasihun, Biresaw
author_sort Tesema, Kassahun Fikadu
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description BACKGROUND: Preconception healthcare is promising to improve the reproductive health status of women and couples if they receive care three months to two years before conception. In the current context of Ethiopia, however, preconception healthcare is overlooked in the continuum of care. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the knowledge of preconception healthcare and associated factors: a study among mothers in Jinka town, southern region, Ethiopia. METHODS: A community-based cross-sectional study was employed among 522 randomly selected women of childbearing age who are living in Jinka town from March to April 2018. The study considers all the kebeles in the town. Study subjects were determined using proportionate-to-population size allocation. Then, a systematic random sampling technique was applied. Data were collected using a semistructured and pretested questionnaire. Descriptive summary data and binary logistic regression analysis were carried out to identify factors with the 95% confidence level and a p value of less than 0.05. RESULTS: A total of 513 study subjects participated in this study. The overall preconception healthcare knowledge score of women in Jinka town was 51.1%. In the multivariable analysis, housewives (AOR = 2.93; 95% CI: 1.38–6.19), an education level of at least college (AOR = 3.79; 95% CI: 1.75–8.23), no history of neonatal death (AOR = 4.13; 95% CI = 1.39–12.25), and the use of family planning methods (AOR = 2.38; 95% CI: 1.49–3.79) increased the probability of preconception healthcare knowledge compared to the counterparts. CONCLUSION: In this study, women's knowledge of preconception healthcare was found borderline. The identified factors were housewife, education level of at least college, no history of neonatal death, and using family planning methods. Therefore, emphasizing these factors for the enhancement of women's knowledge of preconception healthcare is a necessary step.
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spelling pubmed-79374802021-03-15 Knowledge of Preconception Healthcare and Associated Factors: A Study among Mothers in Jinka Town, Southern Region, Ethiopia Tesema, Kassahun Fikadu Cheneka, Tamirat Alemu, Alemayehu Feyissa, Mekonen Birkaye, Birhanu Mohammed, Hafiza Kidu, Eleni Wegaso, Getahun Wasihun, Biresaw ScientificWorldJournal Research Article BACKGROUND: Preconception healthcare is promising to improve the reproductive health status of women and couples if they receive care three months to two years before conception. In the current context of Ethiopia, however, preconception healthcare is overlooked in the continuum of care. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the knowledge of preconception healthcare and associated factors: a study among mothers in Jinka town, southern region, Ethiopia. METHODS: A community-based cross-sectional study was employed among 522 randomly selected women of childbearing age who are living in Jinka town from March to April 2018. The study considers all the kebeles in the town. Study subjects were determined using proportionate-to-population size allocation. Then, a systematic random sampling technique was applied. Data were collected using a semistructured and pretested questionnaire. Descriptive summary data and binary logistic regression analysis were carried out to identify factors with the 95% confidence level and a p value of less than 0.05. RESULTS: A total of 513 study subjects participated in this study. The overall preconception healthcare knowledge score of women in Jinka town was 51.1%. In the multivariable analysis, housewives (AOR = 2.93; 95% CI: 1.38–6.19), an education level of at least college (AOR = 3.79; 95% CI: 1.75–8.23), no history of neonatal death (AOR = 4.13; 95% CI = 1.39–12.25), and the use of family planning methods (AOR = 2.38; 95% CI: 1.49–3.79) increased the probability of preconception healthcare knowledge compared to the counterparts. CONCLUSION: In this study, women's knowledge of preconception healthcare was found borderline. The identified factors were housewife, education level of at least college, no history of neonatal death, and using family planning methods. Therefore, emphasizing these factors for the enhancement of women's knowledge of preconception healthcare is a necessary step. Hindawi 2021-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7937480/ /pubmed/33727898 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/7529805 Text en Copyright © 2021 Kassahun Fikadu Tesema et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Tesema, Kassahun Fikadu
Cheneka, Tamirat
Alemu, Alemayehu
Feyissa, Mekonen
Birkaye, Birhanu
Mohammed, Hafiza
Kidu, Eleni
Wegaso, Getahun
Wasihun, Biresaw
Knowledge of Preconception Healthcare and Associated Factors: A Study among Mothers in Jinka Town, Southern Region, Ethiopia
title Knowledge of Preconception Healthcare and Associated Factors: A Study among Mothers in Jinka Town, Southern Region, Ethiopia
title_full Knowledge of Preconception Healthcare and Associated Factors: A Study among Mothers in Jinka Town, Southern Region, Ethiopia
title_fullStr Knowledge of Preconception Healthcare and Associated Factors: A Study among Mothers in Jinka Town, Southern Region, Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge of Preconception Healthcare and Associated Factors: A Study among Mothers in Jinka Town, Southern Region, Ethiopia
title_short Knowledge of Preconception Healthcare and Associated Factors: A Study among Mothers in Jinka Town, Southern Region, Ethiopia
title_sort knowledge of preconception healthcare and associated factors: a study among mothers in jinka town, southern region, ethiopia
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7937480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33727898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/7529805
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