Samson Gebremedhin|Aregash Samuel|Girma Mamo|Tibebu Moges|Tsehai Assefa
Coverage, compliance and factors associated with utilization of iron supplementation during pregnancy in eight rural districts of Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Hawassa University|Ethiopian Public Health Institute|International Trachoma Initiative|Micron (United States)|Ethiopian Public Health Institute|Ethiopian Public Health Institute
despite efforts reduce iron deficiency pregnancy information coverage factors associated utilization iron supplements lacking study intended assess coverage compliance factors associated use prenatal iron supplements eight rural districts ethiopia study comprised two independent surveys conducted among pregnant women n 414 women gave birth preceding year survey n 1573 cases respondents selected using multistage sampling technique data collected via structured questionnaire predictors iron supplement utilization ranked categories number prenatal supplements taken identified using ordinal logistic regression outputs analysis given using adjusted odds ratio 95 confidence interval ci among women gave birth preceding year 354 95 ci 313395 givenprescribed prenatal iron supplement index pregnancy 35 supplemented recommended 91 days compared women 4 anc visits 0 1 2 3 visits 004 033 050 060 times less odds iron supplement utilization respectively women lacking comprehensive knowledge anemia 0 75 95 ci 057097 werent informed importance iron supplementation pregnancy 0 05 95 ci 004007 significantly lower utilization hand pregnant women prevalence anemia 332 among pregnant women givenprescribed supplements average level compliance 749 251 less 70 adherence leading reported reasons nonadherence sideeffects 633 forgetfulness 167 promoting early frequent anc enhancing quality anc counseling promoting knowledge women anemia essential strategies improving utilization iron supplements