ArticlePloS one2018
Knowledge of preconception care among healthcare providers working in public health institutions in Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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- Tetanus toxoid vaccination coverage and associated factors among pregnant women in East Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Determinants of knowledge of preconception care among healthcare providers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
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- An exploratory study on midwives' perceptions of the availability of preconception care in health facilities in the Kpandai District of Northern Ghana.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Healthcare providers' readiness to screen for intimate partner violence in obstetrics and gynecology units in Amhara regional state referral hospitals, Ethiopia: validation and cross-sectional survey using the DVHCPSS tool.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
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- Factors Related to the Implementation of Preconception Care Recommendations in Selected Districts of Limpopo Province: A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- 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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- Perceptions of and challenges faced by primary healthcare workers about preconception services in rural India: A qualitative study using focus group discussion.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Knowledge and perceptions of preconception care among health workers and women of reproductive age in Mzuzu City, Malawi: a cross-sectional study.Reproductive health · 2021Article
- Knowledge of Preconception Healthcare and Associated Factors: A Study among Mothers in Jinka Town, Southern Region, Ethiopia.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2021Article
- Knowledge, uptake of preconception care and associated factors among reproductive age group women in West Shewa zone, Ethiopia, 2018.BMC women's health · 2020Article
- Primary health care nursing students' knowledge of and attitude towards the provision of preconception care in KwaZulu-Natal.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2019Article
- Mothers' utilization and associated factors in preconception care in northern Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Article
- Knowledge of preconception care and associated factors among maternal health care providers working in urban public health institutions of Eastern Ethiopia.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
backgroundPreconception care (PCC) is an evidence-based health promotion intervention to prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes. Nevertheless, it is one of the missing elements within the continuum of maternal and child healthcare. Despite the WHO's recommendation, most of the developing countries have not yet started implementing preconception care.
objectiveTo determine the knowledge level of healthcare providers about PCCand to identify predictors of effective knowledge of preconception care.
methodThis is a cross-sectional study conducted among 634 healthcare providers (HCP) working in public health institutions of Hawassa. A pilot-tested and validated self-administered survey tool was used to collect data from individual healthcare providers who were selected randomly using a multistage sampling technique. The data entry and analysis were conducted using SPSS version 20 software. Frequency, proportions, means and standard deviations were used to describe the data. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models were implemented to determine the predictors of HCP's PCC knowledge.
resultsOnly a few (31%) of the healthcare providers demonstrated a good level of knowledge on preconception care. The odds of having good PCC knowledge was high among HCPs working in hospitals (AOR = 1.8, 95% C.I. 1.3-2.6), HCPs using their smart phone to access clinical resources (AOR = 1.4, 95% C.I. 1.1-2.0), among those HCPs ever have read PCC guideline prepared by organization outside of Ethiopia (AOR = 1.9, 95% C.I. 1.4-2.7), among those who claimed practicing PCC (AOR = 3.4, 95% C.I. 2.0-5.9), and among those who earn salary of ≥ 146.0 $(AOR = 1.5, 95% C.I. 1.1-2.1).
conclusionThere is an unacceptably low level of knowledge about PCC among most of the healthcare providers in public health facilities in Ethiopia. The predictors identified in this study can be used to enhance the knowledge of healthcare providers about preconception care.
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