Knowledge of Obstetric Danger Signs and its Associated Factors in Arba Minch Town, Ethiopia

Yinager Workineh; Desta Hailu; Teklemariam Gultie; Nega Degefu; Minale Mihrete; Melese Shimeles; Melkamu Mahino; Mekides Guesh; Marta Alemu

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Knowledge of Obstetric Danger Signs and its Associated Factors in Arba Minch Town, Ethiopia

Yinager Workineh, Desta Hailu, Teklemariam Gultie, Nega Degefu, Minale Mihrete, Melese Shimeles, Melkamu Mahino, Mekides Guesh, Marta Alemu

Published in American Journal of Health Research (Volume 2, Issue 5)

Received: 28 August 2014 Accepted: 6 September 2014 Published: 20 September 2014

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Background: In many developing countries including Ethiopia, maternal morbidity and mortality still pose a substantial burden even if various programs are undertaken by public sectors as well as the non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Majority of maternal health sectors in developing countries consider knowledge of women about the obstetric danger signs as the first essential step in order to accept appropriate and timely referral to obstetric care. However, in Ethiopia little is known about the knowledge level of mothers about obstetric danger signs. Objective: To assess the level of knowledge about obstetrics danger signs among mothers who gave birth in the last three years prior to the survey in Arba Minch town, Ethiopia. Methods: A Community based cross-sectional study was conducted from December 20, 2013 to June 30, 2014 on a randomly selected sample of 390 women who had at least one delivery in the past three years. Multistage sampling technique was employed to select the study participants. A pre-tested structured questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data. Bivariate and multivariate data analysis was performed using SPSS version 20.0 statistical software. Result: Three hundred ninety mothers participated in the study making a response rate of 100%. From all respondents, 24.1% of them were knowledgeable while 75.9% were not knowledgeable about obstetric danger signs that occurred during pregnancy, labor and postnatal period. Conclusion: Educational status, age, monthly income, and decision making power were independently associated with knowledge of obstetric danger signs. Thus, provision of information, education, facilitate income generating mechanisms , and communication targeting women, family and the community on danger signs of pregnancy and childbirth was recommended.

Published in	American Journal of Health Research (Volume 2, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajhr.20140205.16
Page(s)	255-259
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Arba Minch Town, Community Based, Cross sectional, Knowledge, Predictors, Obstetric, Danger Signs

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Yinager Workineh, Desta Hailu, Teklemariam Gultie, Nega Degefu, Minale Mihrete, et al. Knowledge of Obstetric Danger Signs and its Associated Factors in Arba Minch Town, Ethiopia. Am J Health Res. 2014;2(5):255-259. doi: 10.11648/j.ajhr.20140205.16

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Yinager Workineh

Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Science, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
Desta Hailu

Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Science, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
Teklemariam Gultie

Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Science, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
Nega Degefu

Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Science, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
Minale Mihrete

Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Science, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
Melese Shimeles

Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Science, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
Melkamu Mahino

Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Science, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
Mekides Guesh

Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Science, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
Marta Alemu

Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Science, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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AU  - Yinager Workineh
AU  - Desta Hailu
AU  - Teklemariam Gultie
AU  - Nega Degefu
AU  - Minale Mihrete
AU  - Melese Shimeles
AU  - Melkamu Mahino
AU  - Mekides Guesh
AU  - Marta Alemu
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