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Saudi Journal of Nursing and Health Care (SJNHC)
Volume-1 | Issue-05 | 345-350
Original Research Article
Impact of Mothers' Attitudes towards Antenatal Care In Al-Hawata Area, ALGadarif State, Sudan March 2014 -February 2017
Fatma Issa Ibrahim Mohamed, Sara Lavinia Brair, Syeda Idryse Abad AL-Rahaman
Published : Nov. 30, 2018
DOI : 10.21276/sjnhc
Abstract
The acceptance of antenatal care (ANC) is generally poor and inadequate in many developing countries such as Sudan. The study was aimed to evaluate the attitudes of pregnant women towards antenatal care. Methodology: Quasi-experimental study one group, conducted among 150 pregnant women attending ANC, in Al-Hawata area. Their age ranged between (15 – 49) years, in first and second trimester. The data collected by using self-administered questionnaires for literate subjects and interviewer administered for illiterate. Statistically analyzed used statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 20. Finding: It was found that almost the variables such as education, number of antenatal visits, diet requirement during pregnancy has significant association with women's education, P Value =0.0001. Also the result of this study showed that there was (84 %) of study group changed to positive attitude post intervention with mean score 45.71 to 74.54. From the findings of the study periodic health education for pregnant women to raise awareness on antenatal care and minimize unhealthy cultural practices is recommended.
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