ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Reprod. Health
Sec. Adolescent Reproductive Health and Well-being
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frph.2025.1531380
This article is part of the Research TopicEmpowering Pregnant Adolescents: Addressing Health Behaviors and Socio-Cultural DeterminantsView all 4 articles
PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF EIGHT ANTENATAL CARE CONTACTS AMONG MOTHERS WHO GIVE BIRTH IN SHEBEL BERENTA DISTRICT, EAST GOJJAM ZONE, NORTHEAST ETHIOPIA, 2024
Provisionally accepted
Nigusie Abebaw1*
Yezbalem Negesse1Asnake Begashw2Dagnachew Amare3Genet Tsegaw4Dessalew Meshesha5Kefale Geto6- 1Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia
- 2Mekidela Amba Primary Hospital, Mekidela, Ethiopia
- 3Mida weremo primary Hospital, Meragna, Ethiopia
- 4Dessie Health Science College, Dessie, Ethiopia
- 5Sayint Primary Hospital, ,Sayint, Ethiopia
- 6Shebel Berenta Health office, Shebel Berenta, Ethiopia
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Introduction: Antenatal care is used to describe medical care provided by a skilled health care professional for pregnant women, to ensure the best health conditions for both mother and fetus during pregnancy. In Ethiopia there is limited evidence about eight antenatal care and its associated factors. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the Prevalence and associated factors of eight antenatal care contacts among mothers in Shebel Berenta woreda.A community based cross sectional study was employed. A stratified sampling technique was employed select the sample. Data was exported from Kobo Toolbox software to SPSS version 27 for analysis. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression were used to assess significance of associations between outcome and independent variables was determined at a P-value of < 0.05.This study showed that the prevalence of eight and more antenatal care contact was 9.6 %( 95% CI: 7.4, 12.3). In this study good knowledge on ANC (AOR=2.402;95 % CI:
Keywords: eight contacts, Pregnant Women, Ethiopia, Antenatal care, Associated factors
Received: 20 Nov 2024; Accepted: 14 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Abebaw, Negesse, Begashw, Amare, Tsegaw, Meshesha and Geto. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Nigusie Abebaw, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia
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