Open Access<p>Determinants of Anemia Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Clinic at Public Health Facilities in Kacha Birra District, Southern Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Melese Sinaga Teshome,
Desalech H Meskel,
Beyene Wondafrash
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s259882
Subject(s) - medicine , anemia , logistic regression , obstetrics , public health , residence , prenatal care , pediatrics , pregnancy , environmental health , demography , family medicine , population , nursing , sociology , biology , genetics
Anemia is accountable for 20% of maternal death globally, and it is associated with premature birth, low birth weight, and infant death. According to the WHO report of 2008, 57.1% of pregnant women were anemic in Africa. In Ethiopia, anemia among pregnant women is 62.7%. There were no data in the study area that identified the determinants of anemia.