Adherence to iron with folic acid supplementation and its associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care follow up at Debre Tabor General Hospital, Ethiopia, 2017.
Alemayehu Digssie GebremariamSofonyas Abebaw TirunehBedilu Abebe AbateMelaku Tadege EngidawDesalegn Tesfa AsnakewPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Overall, IFAS adherence among pregnant women was low. The associated factors with adherence of IFAS were counseling and knowledge, early ANC attendance, pregnancy history, and current anemia diagnosis. IFAS counseling by health workers was low but, when given, was associated with improved IFAS adherence. Health workers and health extension workers should consistently counsel on IFAS benefits during ANC visit, to improve IFAS adherence during the current and subsequent pregnancies.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- pregnant women
- public health
- mental health
- preterm birth
- health information
- glycemic control
- health promotion
- smoking cessation
- chronic kidney disease
- palliative care
- pregnancy outcomes
- emergency department
- iron deficiency
- quality improvement
- hiv testing
- social media
- adipose tissue
- men who have sex with men
- insulin resistance
- human immunodeficiency virus
- adverse drug
- gestational age