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- Title
Nutrition in pregnancy and pregnancy outcome in two primary health centres, Okpanam.
- Authors
Kanikwu, Phoebe Nwamaka; Jimmy, Jessica Agada; Emesowum, Anthonia Chinwendu
- Abstract
Background: Pregnancy is a nutritionally vulnerable period. The feto-maternal outcomes of pregnancies can be traced to the maternal antepartum nutritional status. Objectives: The study assessed the knowledge of nutrition in pregnancy, nutritional practices in pregnancy and the outcome of the pregnancy for the mother and child among postpartum mothers. Methods: A descriptive survey research of 54 postpartum mothers attending two Primary Health Centres in Okpanam, Delta State. Data collected with a self-developed questionnaire were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 and reported in the form of frequency, percentages and pie chart. Results: 90.7% said pregnant women should eat for two, that is, for themselves and the unborn baby, and 35.2% consumed fewer soft drinks during pregnancy. The knowledge level of 50% and nutritional practice level of 42.9% indicated a low level of knowledge on nutrition in pregnancy as well as a low level of nutritional practice in pregnancy. Also, 66.7% of the postpartum mothers had good pregnancy outcome and about 50% of their babies had good pregnancy outcome. Conclusions: Postpartum women had low nutritional knowledge level and low nutritional practice level in pregnancy. The majority had good maternal outcome but only about half of their babies had a good maternal outcome.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; NUTRITION in pregnancy; NUTRITION &; reproduction; MATERNAL nutrition; MATERNAL health services; POSTNATAL care; FOOD habits; NUTRITION; RESEARCH methodology; PREGNANT women; PREGNANCY outcomes; PRIMARY health care; HEALTH literacy; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHILD health services; DATA analysis software; NUTRITIONAL status; PREGNANCY
- Publication
KONTAKT - Journal of Nursing & Social Sciences related to Health & Illness, 2021, Vol 23, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
1212-4117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.32725/kont.2021.004