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Preconception Care: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Health Workers in Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State, Nigeria

Authors: OGUNSANMI Ololade

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: International Journal Of Caring Sciences

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Background: Preconception care is recognized as a critical component to identify risk factors that might affect
future pregnancies and development. Health care workers’ level of awareness, attitude knowledge could have an
impact on the rate of maternal and infant mortality.
Objective: This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of preconception care among
health care workers.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey design and a multi-stage sampling technique were utilized. Data was
collected using a structured questionnaire from health care workers in health care facilities in Eti-Osa and Ikeja local
government areas of Lagos State. Two hundred and six health care workers were enrolled, informed consent sought
and data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science version 21.0 to generate descriptive
(frequency tables, charts) and inferential statistics (correlation and regression).
Results: The mean±SD age of respondents was 32.5±1.613 years; 127 (61.7%) were single and more than half
(58.3%) were females. Slightly more than half of the respondents (116;56.3%) were doctors and majority (88.3%) of
the respondents knew what preconception care is. The level of knowledge was high (85.9%); 79.1% had a positive
attitudinal disposition towards preconception care and 78.2% had a high level of practice. Practice had a significant
relationship with attitude of health workers (r = 0.144; p = 0.039) and contributed to only 2.1% of the change in
practice. The knowledge of health workers had a negative correlation with attitudinal disposition (r = -0.139; p =
0.046) but only contributed to 1.9% of the change in attitude.
Conclusion: Practice of health workers in respect to preconception care needs improvement. Further studies are
recommended to explore other factors influencing practice of preconception care in Nigeria.
Keywords: Preconception care, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Health care workers.

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OGUNSANMI,O. . (2021). Preconception Care: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Health Workers in Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State, Nigeria, 14 (), 515-515.

OGUNSANMI,O. . "Preconception Care: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Health Workers in Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State, Nigeria" 14, no (), (2021): 515-515.

OGUNSANMI,O. and . (2021). Preconception Care: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Health Workers in Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State, Nigeria, 14 (), pp515-515.

OGUNSANMIO, . Preconception Care: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Health Workers in Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State, Nigeria. 2021, 14 ():515-515.

OGUNSANMI,Ololade , . "Preconception Care: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Health Workers in Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State, Nigeria", 14 . (2021) : 515-515.

O.Ololade , "Preconception Care: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Health Workers in Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State, Nigeria" vol.14, no., pp. 515-515, 2021.

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