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What do women know before getting pregnant? Knowledge of preconception care and associated factors among pregnant women in Mana district, Southwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study.
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- The magnitude of preconception care utilization and associated factors among women in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis, 2024.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Factors influencing preconception care awareness and knowledge among women in Africa: a systematic review.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
- What Influences Women's Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Toward Preconception Care? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.F1000Research · 2025Pooled it
- Knowledge and utilisation of preconception care and associated factors among women in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.Reproductive health · 2021Pooled it
- Mothers' utilization and associated factors of preconception care in Africa, a systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Preconception health policy, health promotion, and health services to achieve health in current and future generations: a narrative review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Review
- 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
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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
- Preconception care knowledge and information delivery modes among adolescent girls and women: a scoping review.Korean journal of women health nursing · 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
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- HIV Prevention Tools Across the Pregnancy Continuum: What Works, What Does Not, and What Can We Do Differently?Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2022Review
- Development and validation of preconception care improvement scale (PCIS) in a resource-limited setting.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess knowledge of preconception care and associated factors among pregnant women in Mana district, Jimma zone, Oromia Region, Southwest Ethiopia, in 2019.
designA community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from 2 March to 10 April 2019.
settingThe study was conducted in Mana district. Eight rural Gandas and one urban Ganda were included in the study.
participantsOut of 715 pregnant women in the selected rural Gandas, 553 participated in the study, whereas 70 out of 88 were recruited from the urban Ganda. A total of 623 pregnant women participated in the study. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Women's knowledge of preconception care was determined. Descriptive statistics were calculated as necessary. Logistic and linear regression analyses were used to identify the association of women's knowledge of preconception care with explanatory variables.
resultsAmong 623 respondents, 133 (21.3%) of pregnant women had good knowledge of preconception care. Multivariable linear regression analysis showed that women who attended secondary and above education (β=3.6; p<0.001) and those for whom their husbands attended secondary and above education (β=2.3; p=0.001), planned pregnancy status (β=1.2; p=0.005), being on follow-up for pre-existing medical illnesses (β=1.5; p=0.014) and having four or more antenatal care visits (β=0.4; p=0.016) were significantly associated with women's knowledge of preconception care.
conclusionThe findings imply that providing health education and health promotion for women is important to improve their level of knowledge of preconception care.
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