ArticleReproductive health2017
Women's knowledge and associated factors in preconception care in adet, west gojjam, northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study.
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- Preconception health risks among women of reproductive age in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of implications for preconception care.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Factors influencing preconception care awareness and knowledge among women in Africa: a systematic review.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
- Knowledge of preconception care and its association with family planning utilization among women in Ethiopia: meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
- Knowledge and utilisation of preconception care and associated factors among women in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.Reproductive health · 2021Pooled it
- Utilization of preconception care and associated factors among HIV-positive women of reproductive age attending ART clinics in government health institutions of Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2021.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Preconception care practice among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Wachemo University, Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, southern Ethiopia, 2022: a mixed-methods study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Healthcare providers' preconception care practice and associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in health services · 2025Review
- Predictors of receiving care and folic acid supplementation prior to pregnancy: a large cross-sectional study in Shiraz, Iran.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Determining behavioral intention and its predictors toward preconception care use among reproductive age women in Arba Minch town, Southern Ethiopia, 2022: a cross-sectional study based on the theory of planned behavior.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
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- Knowledge and attitude towards preconception care and associated factors among women of reproductive age with chronic disease in Amhara region referral hospitals, Ethiopia, 2022.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Self-reported Provision of Preconception Care and Associated Factors.The East African health research journal · 2024Article
- Knowledge and practices of preconception care among rural Japanese women: findings from a mixed methods investigation.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Utilization of preconception care and associated factors among pregnant women attending ANC in private MCH Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Pregnant women's knowledge of birth defects and their associated factors among antenatal care attendees in referral hospitals of Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, in 2019.Frontiers in global women's health · 2023Article
- Preconception care in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence and its correlation with knowledge level among women in the reproductive age group.SAGE open medicine · 2023Article
- Visualizing the Knowledge Domain in Health Education: A Scientometric Analysis Based on CiteSpace.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Knowledge of preconception care among reproductive-age women in Debre Berhan Town, Ethiopia: a community-based, cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Current state of preconception care in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic scoping review.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPreconception care is the provision of biomedical, behavioural and social health interventions to women and couples before the occurrence of conception to improve their health status. There is poor maternal and child health and lack of knowledge in developing countries about preconception care. Therefore, this study aimed to assess women's knowledge and associated factors in preconception care in Adet Town, Gojjam, Northwestern Ethiopia.
methodsA community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 422 systematically selected reproductive age group women who are living in the Adet town from March 1 to 30, 2016. The data were collected using pre tested and structured questionnaires through face-to-face interviews. The data were entered into Epi-Info version 3.5, and cleaned and analysed using SPSS version 20. Descriptive summary of the data and logistic regression were used to identify possible predictors using odds ratio with 95% confidence interval and P-value of 0.05.
resultsThe study revealed that the overall knowledge of preconception care was 27.5% (95% CI: 23.2, 32.0). Women who attended secondary educational and whose age is from 25 to 34 years were more likely to have better knowledge on preconception care than their counterparts were; (AOR 6.52, CI 2.55, 16.69) and (AOR 4.10, CI 1.78, 9.44) respectively. However, Women who had no history of family planning use were 85% less knowledgeable than those who had a history of family planning use (AOR: 0.15; 95% CI: 0.05, 0.44).
conclusionsIn this finding level of women's knowledge of preconception care is relatively low. Having a history of family planning use, having high levels of educational status, and being older age were associated with good knowledge. This finding suggests that there is a need to give emphasis and deliver health education about preconception care for women in order to increase their knowledge.
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