Individual and community level predictors of utilization of deworming medications among pregnant women in Ethiopia: A multilevel analysis.
Fantu Mamo AragawDaniel Gashaneh BelayMastewal EndalewMelaku Hunie AsratieMoges GashawNuhamin Tesfa TsegaPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2022)
According to the findings of this study, out of twenty pregnant women, only one pregnant woman utilizes deworming medication in Ethiopia. Pregnant woman having an occupation, being exposed for media, having wanted pregnancy, having ANC visits and live with low level community poverty were more likely to use deworming medication. Therefore, intervention efforts to enhance utilization of deworming in Ethiopia requires working on enabling factors like media exposure, ANC visit and pregnancy desirability. In addition, Furthermore, increasing the community's economic capacity could support in increasing deworming medication uptake.