Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Maternal Nutrition Among Pregnant Mother Attending Antenatal Care in Selected Health Centers of Robe Town, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Abstract

Background: Maternal nutrition is critical to both the mother's overall health and the development of the fetus. Inadequate or incorrect diets during pregnancy can be harmful to both the mother and the child.Objectives: The goal of this look at became to research expectant mothers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding maternal nutrition in Robe Town Health Centers in Ethiopia's Oromia Region.Methods: Institutional-based cross-sectional study design was conducted on a total of 561 pregnant mothers from January 15 to February 25, 2023. A semi-structured interview and questionnaires were used to collect information in socio-demographic domains, knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to maternal nutrition in pregnant women. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) model 26 became used to carry out descriptive statistics.Results: The results obtained during the study indicate that 59.5%, 67.4%, and 61.1% of pregnant mothers had good knowledge, postive attitudes, and good practices, respectively, while 40.5%, 32.6%, and 38.9% had poor knowledge, negative attitudes, and poor practices, respectively.Conclusion and recommendation: According this study clearly indicated that less than half of pregnant mother’s attending antenatal care in the study area had poor knowledge, attitude and practices. Therefore, nutrition education should be intensified to improve the overall knowledge, attitude, and practices of pregnant moms closer to maternal vitamins in exclusive villages, fitness centers, fitness posts, mass media and hospitals.

Keywords: Pregnancy, Nutrition, Attitude, Knowledge, Practice, Antenatal care

DOI: 10.7176/IKM/14-1-04

Publication date: January 31^st 2024