Adherence to iron and folate supplementation and associated factors among women attending antenatal care in public health facilities at Covid-19 pandemic in Ethiopia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19593036 |
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| Authors | Arayasillase Assegid Tefera (Dire Dawa University, corresponding author), Neil Abdurashid Ibrahim (0000-0002-6123-7314, Dire Dawa University, corresponding author), Abdurezak Umer (0000-0001-6806-5378, Dire Dawa University, corresponding author), Abdurezaq Adem Umer |
| Editors | Julia Robinson (0000-0003-0719-3995) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | e0000825 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PLOS Global Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2767-3375 • E-ISSN: 2767-3375 |
| Publisher | Public Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000825 |
| PMID | 36962981 |
| OpenAlex | W4317389877 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 33 |
Adhesion is the degree to which a patient complies with treatment recommendations made by a health care professional. The majority of pregnant women worldwide don’t get the recommended amounts of iron and folic acid (30 to 60 mg of iron and 400 g of folic acid/day for 6 months) pregnant women are more likely to develop iron- and folic acid deficiency anemia. For iron and folate supplementation programs to be effective in Ethiopia, adherence is a significant issue. So, this study aimed to evaluate the level and barriers preventing women receiving antenatal care from taking iron and folate supplements. A phenomenological qualitative study design was added to a facility-based cross-sectional study. The sample was established using a double population proportion formula. For the quantitative and qualitative study, 308 pregnant women and the focal points for the health facilities were chosen at random, using systematic random sampling and purposive sampling techniques. For the quantitative study, a face-to-face interviewer-guided, pre-tested structured questionnaire was used; for the qualitative study, a semi-structured questionnaire was used. Data was entered twice, cross-checked by comparing the two separate entries in Epi Data version 7.2.2.6, and exported to SPSS version 25 for analysis. COR and AOR with 95% CI are used to evaluate the relationship between variables and control for confounding factors. Statistical significance was declared at a p-value
Anemia · Confounding · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Family medicine · Nonprobability sampling · Population · Pregnancy · Prenatal care · Public health · Child Nutrition and Water Access · COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction · Iron Metabolism and Disorders · Medicine · Nursing · Internal Medicine
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |