Zeitschrift für Frauengesundheit
Offener Zugang
ISSN: 2167-0420
ISSN: 2167-0420
Habtamu Eskendir Zewdie*, Birhan Meshesha Hirut, Desalegn Tsegaw Hibistu
Objective: The study assessed magnitude of Nutritional practice and its determinants among pregnant women attending antenatal care unit in Malga District, Southern Ethiopia. Method: A facility based cross-sectional study was conducted from March 1 to April 2, 2020 among 392 pregnant women sampled with systematic sampling technique. Data were collected by trained data collectors using structured interviewed administered questionnaire. A descriptive statistics for different variables was done and summarized as numbers and percentages. Bi-variable and multi variable logistic regressions were performed to identify determinant factors associated with nutritional practice of pregnant women. The strength of statistical association was measured by adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals. Results: Among the interviewed 392 pregnant women only 34.7% (95%CI: 30.1%, 39.3%) of them have good practice on maternal nutrition during their pregnancy. women’s educational status (AOR= 3.43, 95%CI: 1.173,10.027), family size (AOR= 0.116, 95%CI: 0.037,0.36), house hold monthly income (AOR= 2.875, 95%CI: 1.077,7.676), husband’s educational status (AOR= 5.97, 95%CI:1.551,23.033) and having nutrition information (AOR= 3.096, 95%CI: 1.213,7.902) were determinants significantly associated with nutritional practice of pregnant women. Conclusion: Nutritional practices of pregnant women’s were relatively low in this study. Women’s educational status, household monthly income, family size, husband’s educational status and having nutrition information were significant determinants of maternal nutritional practice. The concerned bodies should strengthen nutrition education on importance of maternal nutrition and sustain household income through providing income generation activities.