Indigenous herbal medicine use and its associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public health facilities in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.
Aminu MohammedBezabih AmsaluMickiale HailuYitagesu SintayehuTadesse WeldeamanuelYalelet BelayZeyniya HassenTesema DinkesaNatnael DechasaBetelhem MengistTeshale MengeshaAliya NuriTewodros GetnetYibekal ManayeAhmedin Aliyi UssoHenok LegesseAddisu SertsuPublished in: BMJ open (2024)
The prevalence of herbal medicine use is high (one in two pregnant women) and significantly associated with education level, occupation, ANC visits, knowledge and perceptions. The study's findings are helpful in advancing comprehension of herbal medicines using status, types and enforcing factors. It is essential that health facilities provide herbal counselling during ANC visits, and health regulatory bodies ought to raise awareness and implement interventions to lower the risks from over-the-counter herbal medicine use by pregnant women.
Keyphrases
- pregnant women
- healthcare
- public health
- physical activity
- pregnancy outcomes
- risk factors
- quality improvement
- primary care
- human health
- transcription factor
- health information
- palliative care
- risk assessment
- smoking cessation
- climate change
- health promotion
- human immunodeficiency virus
- preterm birth
- affordable care act
- health insurance