In this health facility based study, the burden of under nutrition was high. Lowest wealth quintiles, low dietary diversity scores, being anemic and low education of the pregnant women and her partner were associated with under nutrition. Therefore, counseling for dietary diversity during antenatal care, health promotion and education for pregnant women and empowering women on income generation activities are a key intervention to tackle under nutrition.
Keyphrases
- pregnant women
- physical activity
- healthcare
- health promotion
- quality improvement
- pregnancy outcomes
- randomized controlled trial
- palliative care
- public health
- long term care
- skeletal muscle
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- type diabetes
- smoking cessation
- human immunodeficiency virus
- adipose tissue
- social media
- hiv testing
- men who have sex with men