Anaemia in pregnancy is one of the commonest problems
affecting women globally. Knowledge of prevention of
anaemia in pregnant women can contribute to lowering
the maternal mortality rate as a result of anaemia.
Studies have shown high prevalence of anaemia and low
knowledge among pregnant women in Osun state,
Nigeria. Thus, this research assessed the effect of
midwife-led educational interventions on knowledge of
anaemia and risk factors in pregnancy at selected
primary health care (PHC) facilities in Osun-state. This
study adopted two group quasi-experimental design. A
sample size of 241 registered pregnant women were
selected through multi-stage sampling procedure in six
PHCs in Osun State. The PHCs were divided into
experimental (EG) and control groups (CG). A
developed training module on prevention of anaemia
was used for the intervention while a validated
questionnaire was used for pre and post intervention
data collection. The quantitative data were analysed
using descriptive and inferential statistics to test the
hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings
showed that the socio-demographic characteristics in
both the experimental and control groups exhibited
similarities, providing a basis for comparative analysis
in interpreting potential differences in study outcomes.
This study observed that there is a significant difference
in the pre and post intervention of the experimental
group on the knowledge analysis of anaemia (56.2%)
and there is no significant difference in the pre and post
intervention of the control group on the knowledge
analysis of anaemia (1.5%) also, there is a significant
difference in the pre and post intervention of the
experimental group on the knowledge of risk factors
(49%) and there is no significant difference in the pre
and post intervention of the control group on the
knowledge analysis of anaemia (1.0%) . Two hypotheses
were tested and findings reveals that there is a significant
difference in the post intervention of the experimental
and control group on the knowledge of anaemia (P=0.000) and there is a significant difference in the pre and
post intervention of the control and experimental group
on the knowledge of risk factors (0.000). In conclusion,
the midwife-led intervention had positive effect on
participant’s knowledge of anaemia and risks factors. It
is recommended that midwife-led educational
intervention on anaemia prevention among pregnant
women be delivered periodically in all primary health
care facilities in Osun-state.
- ABIOYE | ABIGAIL | ADEBISI | sundayabioye@gmail.com | 08035320808, OWOPETU, | CHRISTIANA | ADETOUN | owopetuc@babcock.edu.ng | 08060887574, SOWUNMI, | CHRISTIANA | OLANREWAJU | lanresowunmi@gmail.com | 08023500321, ADAMU-ADEDIPE | FOYEKEMI | O. | foyekemiadamuadedipe@gmail.com | 08033462616, OPATUNJI | FLORENCE | OMOWUNMI | opatunjiflorence@gmail.com | 08035909007, AFOLABI | DEBUKUNOLA | O. | bukieafolabi@yahoo.com | 08034548318
- Anaemia in Pregnancy; Anaemia risk factors; Midwife-led educational intervention; Primary health care facilities
- EFFECT OF MIDWIFE LED EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON KNOWLEDGE AND RISK FACTORS
