Abstract:

Background: anemia in pregnancy is among preventable severe public health problems. the most common from of anemia in pregnancy, iron deficiency anemia, accounts for about 115,000maternal death per year. In Tanzania, anemia is among the major important indirect causes of 14.5% of maternal mortality. The initiation of interventions such as deforming, iron supplementation, and insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs), has brought a relatively small decline of anemia in the female of reproductive age from 48% in 2005 to 45% in 2015 (11). with such factors, including visits, timing, and equipment being significantly addressed, it is vital to assess providers' practice and associated factors in educating pregnant women on preventing maternal anemia during antenatal care visits in Kigoma ujiji municipal council, Kigoma region.

Methods: Cross section using checklists, client exit interview was conducted in collection information from clients about health services providers.

Results: The survey involved 125 participants who visited the pres elected health facilities that provide antenatal care services. Generally, majority of participants (70.4%) reported receiving anemia information during ANC visitation. of which, the commonest topics were on ITNs (76%) and types of food to prevent anemia (74%), while (20.8%) and(24.8%) reported receiving information about worm manifestation and de worming respectively. Ideally, during the ANC visit, the service provider has to provide education on anemia covering all topics. However, the provision of this information varied, and only 34.4%,95%CI [26.5%-43.3%] pregnant women were informed of at least 5 topics.
With the use of bi variate and multivariate analysis number of attendance and was associated with report of health education reporting.

Conclusion: The study reveals limited education provision on anemia among pregnant women. There is a discrepancy of topic coverage among facilities and individuals. Women who frequent the ANC more often during have higher chances of receiving a complete package of health education on anemia than those who do not. Further, increasing age shows to make women acquire more education on anemia than younger age. significant differences of topic coverage on anemia education exists in this setting.