Knowledge, attitude and prevention of anaemia in pregnant women in Ibrahim Taiwo PHC Ogbomoso north local government, Oyo state Department:Community Health By: iamjahmeyou Project ID: 7021 Rating: (5.0) votes: 1 Price:₦3000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractThis research work was conducted to investigate the knowledge, attitude and prevention of anaemia in pregnant women attending Ibrahim Taiwo PHC in Ogbomoso-North Local Government Area of Oyo State. It informed the health officers on the understanding of pregnant women regarding anaemia. Among the objectives was to assess the knowledge of pregnant women on anaemia in pregnancy in Ibrahim Taiwo PHC, Ogbomoso North Local Government and to determine the attitude of pregnant women toward anaemia in pregnancy in Ibrahim Taiwo PHC, Ogbomoso North Local Government. Many medical and allied literatures were reviewed to develop more facts for the project work. This research use descriptive survey to sample pregnant women attending the health centers in the study area. A descriptive study was used to determine the knowledge, and attitude of the women, questionnaire is the instrument used to gather and analyze the data, 362 questionnaires were distributed out of which 350 were also retrieved. The findings reveal that the respondents considered anaemia as a medical disorder in pregnancy representing 210(70%), on the attitudes of the respondents, the study that attitudes of the women are influenced by several factors. The majority of the respondents advocated for mass health education of the community for knowledge about anaemia in pregnancy. In conclusion, recommendations were made that Pregnant women should adhere to the use of iron supplements to avoid pregnancy induced-anaemia, training and re-retraining of the health workers to enable them to meet the various needs of the pregnant women, Inter-sectoral participation to ensure all arms of government contribute their quota to ensure effective anaemia care for the pregnant women and overall wellbeing of the mother and the baby....Preview Download Preview +Other Community Health project topics and materials you might be interested in»Knowledge and awareness of the effects of narcotic drug use among students of Federal Polytechnic Idah»Effect of immunization in children between the ages of 0-5 in family health centre Idah Local Government Area Kogi State»The effect of abortion on female students in College of Health Sciences and Technology Idah, Kogi»Factors influencing the attitude of women towards family planning - case study of Oke Eiri, Atan Local Government Area»Problem of pregnancy and abortion on girl child education in Nigeria»Effect of malnutrition among children under five years of age in Patigi community of Patigi local government area of Kwara state»Attitude of couple toward modern family planning practice in Birnin Gwari, Birnin Gwari local government, Kaduna state»Importance of exclusive breast feeding on the health of an infant - case study of Idah local government area of Kogi state»Knowledge of protein energy malnutrition and its prevention among mothers with children below five years of age in Ubiegbe Community Idah, Lga, Kogi state»Causes, effects and control of communicable diseases in secondary schools»The impact of community health works in elderly condition in Ungogo local government»Causes and effects of drug abuse among adolescent in Amede community»A study on the causes, effects, prevention and control of threatened abortion among childbearing mothers ages (18-45) years in Gilead Children Hospital»Assessment of prevalence malaria among the patients attending Tofa comprehensive hospital»Assessing the mother knowledge on the benefit of breast feeding among children 0 - 24 months - a case study of Matoya village Maigatari local government, Jigawa state