Kiến thức, thái độ của phụ nữ từ 20-35 tuổi về dự phòng dị tật bẩm sinh và một số yếu tố liên quan tại thành phố Buôn Ma Thuột tỉnh Đắk Lắk năm 2019

Abstract

Objectives: Describe knowledge and attitude of women aged 20 - 35 about prevention of birth defects in Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province. Identify some factors related to knowledge and attitude of women aged 20-35 about prevention of birth defects in Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province year 2019. Methods: A cross-sectional study was used. The study subjects were the women from 20 - 35 years old living in Tan Tien and Hoa Thuan communes of Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province. The sample size was randomly selected in the system with a total of 380 women. Duration of the study was from March to July 2019. Data was collected by direct interview the women with structured questionnaires; Data were analyzed by use the SPSS 22.0 software. Results: the percentage of women reaching required knowledge about the prevention of birth defects was 64.5% and having positive attitude about the prevention of birth defects was 81.8%. The group of ethnic minority women who were not reaching the required knowledge and having less positive attitude about prevention of birth defects were higher than that were in the Kinh women group with OR and p value were 1.92 and 3,12, respectively. The group of women with poor knowledge had a negative attitude on preventing birth defects 24 times higher than those with good knowledge. Conclusions and Recommendations: The percentage of women with good knowledge on birth defects is not high, especially the ethnic minorities group. There is a close relationship between knowledge and attitude on birth defects prevention. The study recommends that it is necessary to promote communication activities to enhance knowledge and attitudes of birth defects prevention for women of childbearing age, especially giving priority to ethnic minority women in the study area. Keywords: birth defects, ethnic minorities, knowledge, attitude, Daklak, Vietnam