Research
Adherence Status and Associated Factors of Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation among Pregnant Women Attending Ante Natal Care at Jimma Town Public Health Facility, South West of Ethiopia, 2017.
Background: Iron and folic acid supplementation is the feasible and cost-effective strategy to control and prevent anemia in pregnancy. In Ethiopia, the national data suggests that from all pregnant women supplemented with these tablets, only 0.4% consumed more than 90 tablets during their pregnancy time. The factors for this low adherence are not clearly known. Objective: To assess adherence status and associated factors of iron and folic acid supplementation among pregnant women attending Antenatal care in Jimma town public health facilities, 2017. Method: An institution based cross-sectional study design was employed using both quantitative and qualitative methods on 226 pregnant women attending Antenatal care clinic in Jimma Town public health facilities from April 10 – May 10/2017. Systematic random sampling method was used. A Pre-tested structured questionnaire was used for interview and analyzed using chi-square test. A P-value <0.05 was declared as statistically significant. For qualitative data, 8 IDI was done from purposively selected6 pregnant women and 2 Midwifes. The data was analyzed using thematic analysis method and triangulated with quantitative data.
