Midwifery department, Public health and medical sciences, Mettu University, Ethiopia
Research Article
Women's knowledge of preconception care and associated factors in Ilu aba bor zone, The case of some selected Town
Author(s): Alemayehu Desale*
Preconception care is defined as "the provision of health-related biomedical, behavioral, and social interventions in the period before conception. Preconception care can effectively inform women on how to identify and reduce risk factors for Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes including birth defects, fatal loss, low birth weight, and preterm delivery thus reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality rate. Women's Knowledge of Preconception care has not been well understood in a resource-limited country like Ethiopia.
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 673 women living in the selected kebele. A multistage sampling technique was used to select the study units. Data were analyzed using binary regression to determine the relationship between factors and the outcome variable at a p-value less than 0.05 then multiple logistic regression were used .. View More»