Effect of Health Promotional Program on Pregnant Women' Knowledge and Practices regarding Pregnancy Nutritional Problems | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 44, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2021, Page 705-717 PDF (688.02 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.169806 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Mona Abd Elhaleem Ebraheem Elagamy1; Safaa Ebrahim Ahmed2; Asmaa Talaat Mohamed3; Fatma Sabry2 | ||||
| 1Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University | ||||
| 2Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University | ||||
| 3Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Iron deficiency anemia, underweight, gestational diabetes, overweight, and obesity are one of the main nutritional problems among pregnant women which can associate with significant pregnancy complications. Aim: To evaluate the effect of health promotional program on pregnant women' knowledge and practices regarding pregnancy nutritional problems. Design: Quasi-experimental research design pre-post-test was used in this study. Settings: The study was applied in the antenatal clinics at Sohag and Tanta University Hospitals and maternal and child health centers at Sohag City (Dar E Salam Abdallah health center). Sample: purposive sample of 410 pregnant women was recruited from the previously selected settings. Tools: A structured interviewing questionnaire and pregnant women’s reported practices. Results: The results showed that the most reported source of information among pregnant women on nutrition during pregnancy was health team personal. a highly statistically significant difference found between pregnant women’s knowledge regarding nutritional problems including Iron deficiency anemia, underweight, gestational diabetes, overweight, and obesity at pre and post health promotional programs. pre the health promotional program implementation, more than three-quarters of pregnant women had unsatisfactory total practice scores pre the implementation of the program regarding nutritional problems which improved and become most of them had satisfactory total practice scores post-implementation of the program. Conclusion: The implemented health promotional program had positive effect on improving pregnant women's knowledge and practices regarding the nutritional problems during pregnancy. Recommendation: A health promotional program regarding the nutritional problems should be educated for pregnant women during the antenatal period to prevent complications associated with these problems. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Health promotional program; pregnant women; knowledge; and practices; nutritional problems | ||||
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