What factors influence nutrition-related information-seeking behaviour among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public hospitals in Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Objective This study aimed to assess the proportion of nutrition-related information-seeking behaviour and its associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public hospitals in Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia, 2023.Method A cross-sectional quantitative supplemented with qua...
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| description | Objective This study aimed to assess the proportion of nutrition-related information-seeking behaviour and its associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public hospitals in Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia, 2023.Method A cross-sectional quantitative supplemented with qualitative study design was conducted from March to April 2023 among 406 pregnant women. Pre-tested structured interviewer-administered and semistructured open-ended questionnaires were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data, respectively. Data were collected using the Kobo toolbox, and SPSS V.25 was used for analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to describe study subjects, and multivariate logistic regression analysis was employed to investigate the associated factors. The strength of associations was described using the OR with the corresponding 95% CI.Result The study included 406 pregnant mothers with a median age of 28 with an IQR of 8 and 212 (52.2%) from rural settings. Of the total respondents, 173 (42.6%; 95% CI 37.7 to 47.6) of pregnant mothers were nutrition-related information seekers. Educational status, residence, monthly income and nutrition information literacy were significantly associated with nutrition-related information-seeking behaviour.Conclusion The proportion of nutrition information seeking among pregnant mothers in Bahir Dar City public hospitals was low. Lower educational status, low nutrition information literacy level, being from a rural residence and low monthly income are significantly associated factors.Recommendation Awareness creation for pregnant mothers from rural areas and with low educational status and improving nutrition information literacy of pregnant mothers are important activities to improve their nutrition information-seeking behaviour. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1831d5900fa24d1f995cbecfa8a2e3e22025-08-20T04:02:32ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552025-08-0115810.1136/bmjopen-2024-091094What factors influence nutrition-related information-seeking behaviour among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public hospitals in Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional studyZeleke Abebaw Mekonnen0Mohammedjud Hassen Ahmed1Habtamu Alganeh Guadie2Mulusew Andualem Asemahagn3Getu Kassa Bitacha4Tewabe Malede Chekol5Nega Abebe Meshesha6Geleta Nenko Dube7Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaDepartment of Health Informatics, College of Health Sciences, Mattu University, Mattu, EthiopiaSchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, EthiopiaSchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, EthiopiaSchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, EthiopiaSchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, EthiopiaDepartment of Public Health, Institute of Health Sciences, Dambi Dollo University, Dambi Dollo, EthiopiaDepartment of Health Informatics, College of Health Sciences, Mattu University, Mattu, EthiopiaObjective This study aimed to assess the proportion of nutrition-related information-seeking behaviour and its associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public hospitals in Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia, 2023.Method A cross-sectional quantitative supplemented with qualitative study design was conducted from March to April 2023 among 406 pregnant women. Pre-tested structured interviewer-administered and semistructured open-ended questionnaires were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data, respectively. Data were collected using the Kobo toolbox, and SPSS V.25 was used for analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to describe study subjects, and multivariate logistic regression analysis was employed to investigate the associated factors. The strength of associations was described using the OR with the corresponding 95% CI.Result The study included 406 pregnant mothers with a median age of 28 with an IQR of 8 and 212 (52.2%) from rural settings. Of the total respondents, 173 (42.6%; 95% CI 37.7 to 47.6) of pregnant mothers were nutrition-related information seekers. Educational status, residence, monthly income and nutrition information literacy were significantly associated with nutrition-related information-seeking behaviour.Conclusion The proportion of nutrition information seeking among pregnant mothers in Bahir Dar City public hospitals was low. Lower educational status, low nutrition information literacy level, being from a rural residence and low monthly income are significantly associated factors.Recommendation Awareness creation for pregnant mothers from rural areas and with low educational status and improving nutrition information literacy of pregnant mothers are important activities to improve their nutrition information-seeking behaviour.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/8/e091094.full |
| spellingShingle | Zeleke Abebaw Mekonnen Mohammedjud Hassen Ahmed Habtamu Alganeh Guadie Mulusew Andualem Asemahagn Getu Kassa Bitacha Tewabe Malede Chekol Nega Abebe Meshesha Geleta Nenko Dube What factors influence nutrition-related information-seeking behaviour among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public hospitals in Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study BMJ Open |
| title | What factors influence nutrition-related information-seeking behaviour among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public hospitals in Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full | What factors influence nutrition-related information-seeking behaviour among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public hospitals in Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | What factors influence nutrition-related information-seeking behaviour among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public hospitals in Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | What factors influence nutrition-related information-seeking behaviour among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public hospitals in Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study |
| title_short | What factors influence nutrition-related information-seeking behaviour among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public hospitals in Bahir Dar City, northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | what factors influence nutrition related information seeking behaviour among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public hospitals in bahir dar city northwest ethiopia a cross sectional study |
| url | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/8/e091094.full |
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