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035			_aCUHAS/MD/4001922/T/17
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041			_aEnglish
041			_aKiswahili
100			_a Daniel M Kalage _dCUHAS/MD/4001922/T/17
245			_aAwareness and Knowledge of the Importance of Attending First Antenatal Careclinic Visit below 12 Weeks of Gestation Age among Adult Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Clinic at Primary Health Facilities in Moshi District- Northern Tanzania.
260			_aMwanza, Tanzania: _bCatholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] : _c ©2023
300			_a54 Pages
300			_aIncludes References and Appendices
520			_aAbstract: Background: Antenatal care is an important care during pregnancy aimed at detecting any existing problem that can develop, which could affect the mother or her unborn baby. Recently, WHO recommend eight antenatal care contacts with the first contact starting before 12 weeks of gestation age. In Tanzania, only 24% of pregnant women start their first ANC visit before 16 weeks of pregnancy. Awareness and adequate knowledge on importance of antenatal care visit is very important as will help improve attendance. Although many studies have been done regarding antenatal visits worldwide, data regarding awareness and knowledge of importance of antenatal care visit before 12 weeks of gestation age are still scarce. This study was therefore aimed at assessing awareness and the knowledge about importance of attending first ANC contact below 12 weeks gestation age among pregnant women attending antenatal care clinic in Moshi district, northern Tanzania. Methodology: A prospective cross sectional hospital based study was conducted using a structured closed ended questionnaire involving pregnant women attending antenatal care clinic at primary health facilities in Moshi district, Tanzania. Simple random sampling was used to select study participants. Data obtained were analyzed using SPSS version 20 Results: This study find that41.7% (86/206) pregnant women had good awareness of the first ANC attendance before 12 weeks gestation age while 120 (58.3%) had poor awareness. Of the 206 pregnant women, only 14 (6.7%) women had good knowledge about importance of first ANC visit before 12 weeks of gestation age as recommended by WHO while 192 (93.3%) women had poor knowledge. There were significant association of gravidity with the women awareness and knowledge about the importance of attending first antenatal care clinic below 12 weeks of gestation age whereby majority of multigravida women had good awareness and knowledge. Conclusion: Majority of women had poor awareness of the first ANC attendance before 12 weeks gestation age and poor knowledge about the importance of attending first antenatal care clinic below 12 weeks of gestation age.
600			_xHuman Physiology
600			_xBiochemistry
700			_a Shabani Iddi
700			_aFelix Tarimo
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