Study on the knowledge and prenatal care of pregnant women at Huong Long commune, Hue city
- Author:
Dinh Thanh Hue
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
prenatal care, pregnant women
- MeSH:
Knowledge;
Prenatal Care;
Pregnant Women;
Epidemiology
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2004;472(2):29-32
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
-
Abstract:
In the year 2002, 132 pregnant women in the commune Huong Long, Hue city were enrolled randomly into a study concerning the knowledge and the practice of prenatal care. Results showed 22% had got rather good level of knowledge, 29.5% moderate level and 42.5% bad level on needed contents of prenatal care. 72% had got previous plan of pregnancy, 60.6% had got full care, 14.4% consumped ferrous folic tablets adequatly. Planed pregnancy, education level and knowledge about prenatal care were the positive factors of closed relation with the pregnant monitoring. 18.3% of babies were abnormal at birth. There is a strict relation with the state of the neonate babies and the factors such as the frequency of pregnant examination, the working characteristics and the weight gain level during pregnancy.
