The Role of Health Education in Promotion of Antenatal care among Women in Wad Medani Health Centers, Gezira state, Sudan (2015- 2016)
سلوى السنوسي حسين, نعمة عمر عثمان إدريس, ياسر محمد الحسن
كلية الطب-جامعة الجزيرة · السودان
Improving maternal heath is one of the eight-millennium development coals it is widely accepted that the use of maternal health services helps in reducing maternal morbidity and mortality. Mothers' ignorance of antenatal care during pregnancy follow up may lead to antenatal complications which lead to the mothers' death. Health education is one of the used tools for stapling mothers' knowledge and behaviors. This study was carried out in Wad Medani town. The objective of this study was to study the effect of health education in promotion of antenatal care among pregnant women in the first and second trimester. Initial surveys for evaluating the knowledge and attitude and practices among the study group and the control group for pregnant women at the first and second trimester who come to the clinic intervention program carried out for a month Different ways were used including lectures. Evaluating the results of intervention using pre questionnaire that was used in the initial survey in order to compare the pre and post results. The latest intervention showed high results in a visit to the doctor in the first, second trimesters and knowledge about the vaccination against tetanus and knowledge about the benefit and use of folic acid and iron. Also there was a big impact on the knowledge of mothers for exclusive breast feeding and solving problems faced by mothers in the first few days of birth. The study recommended a design of health education program for the promotion of antenatal care in order to raise the level of knowledge, attitude practices for pregnant women.