Individual and contextual-level factors associated with iron-folic acid supplement intake during pregnancy in Ethiopia: a multi-level analysis.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
; 23(1): 260, 2023 Apr 18.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Anemia is still one of the major public health problems in many developing countries including Ethiopia. Thus, this study aimed to assess individual and contextual-level factors associated with iron-folic acid supplement intake during pregnancy in Ethiopia.METHODS:
A secondary analysis was done on the 2019 mini-Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) dataset. A total of 3,927 pregnant women who gave birth five years before the survey were included in the analysis. Multi-level mixed-effect logistic regression analysis was done by STATA/SE version 14.0 to identify individual and contextual-level factors. Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) with 95% Confidence Interval (CI) was used to show the strength and direction of the association. The level of statistical significance was declared at a P value less than 0.05.RESULTS:
Those primary educated [AOR = 1.83, 95% CI (1.24, 2.74)], secondary educated [AOR = 2.75, 95% CI (1.57, 4.824)], women who had greater than 5 living children [AOR = 2.02, 95% CI (1.25, 3.27)], women who had ANC visit [AOR = 21.26, 95% CI (13.56, 33.32)] and women who lived in a cluster with high proportion of women had ANC visit [AOR = 1.72, 95% CI (1.17, 2.54)] and women who lived in Somali [AOR = 0.44 0.73, 95% CI (0.22, 0.87)] were significantly associated with iron-folic acid intake during pregnancy.CONCLUSIONS:
Both individual and contextual-level factors were significantly associated with iron-folic acid intake during pregnancy. From individual-level factors education status of women, the total numbers of living children, and ANC follow-up are significant and from contextual-level factors region and living in a high proportion of women who had ANC follow-up were found to have a statistically significant association. Promoting women's education and maternal health services like ANC and intervention targeting the Somali region would be the recalled area of the government.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Atención Prenatal
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Hierro
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
Asunto de la revista:
OBSTETRICIA
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Etiopia
Pais de publicación:
ENGLAND
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ESCOCIA
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GB
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GREAT BRITAIN
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INGLATERRA
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REINO UNIDO
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SCOTLAND
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UK
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UNITED KINGDOM