Abstract
31May 2017 MATERNAL KNOWLEDGE ON PRECONCEPTION HEALTH CARE TOPICS AT MOI TEACHING AND REFFERAL HOSPITAL IN ELDORET, UASIN GISHU COUNTY, KENYA. Mable Khakasa Wanyonyi and Dinda Victor. School Nursing Midwifery an Paramedical Sciences Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology. School Public Health Biomedical Sciences & Technology Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
Highlights
The results revealed that very few women know about folic acid and its role in pre- pregnancy period
This constitutes 60% of the admissions at Kenyatta National Hospital and 37% of all admissions at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH).Most of these complications mentioned above are attributed to nutritional problems, poor management of maternal chronic illnesses, risky behaviors such as smoking, alcohol and drug use as well as untreated sexually transmitted infections during the pre-pregnancy and pregnancy period
To determine knowledge on various preconception health care topics to include: folic acid, risky behaviors, prepregnancy nutritional risks and maternal chronic conditions that impact on pregnancy outcome among women attending Maternal Child Health& family planning services at MTRH
Summary
MATERNAL KNOWLEDGE ON PRECONCEPTION HEALTH CARE TOPICS AT MOI TEACHING AND REFFERAL HOSPITAL IN ELDORET, UASIN GISHU COUNTY, KENYA. 1. School Nursing Midwifery an Paramedical Sciences Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology. 2. School Public Health Biomedical Sciences & Technology Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
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