Geographical disparities and determinants of adherence to iron folate supplementation among pregnant women in Ethiopia: spatial and multilevel analysis of the Ethiopian Mini Demographic and Health Survey of 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to investigate geographic disparities and determinants of adherence to iron and folate supplementation among pregnant women in Ethiopia.

Method

A secondary data analysis was performed using data from the Ethiopian Mini Demographic and Health Survey 2019. A total of 2235 pregnant women aged 15-49 years were included in the analysis. ArcGIS V.10.8 and SaTScan V.9.6 were used for spatial analysis. Multilevel logistic regression analysis was used to determinants.

Result

Of the total number of participants, 80.3% of pregnant mothers took iron and folate supplements for less than the recommended days. Adherence to iron folate supplementation among pregnant women in Ethiopia was spatially clustered with Moran's global I=0.15868. The SaTScan analysi

SUBMITTER: Mulugeta SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9453947 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature