Anemia and it's associated risk factors among teenage pregnant women attending prenatal care at Bukomero Health Centre lV
Abstract
Anemia in pregnancy represents a global public health concern due to wide ranging
maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes in all peripartum periods. I estimated the
prevalence and factors associated with anemia in pregnancy at Bukomero HCIV
Kiboga district Uganda.The main objective was to determine the prevalence of anemia
in teenage pregnant women. I conducted a cross sectional study among 280 teenage
pregnant women attending antenatal care clinic at Bukomero Health Centre IV-Kiboga
Uganda from September to October 2022.Anemia in pregnancy was defined as Hb
level of <11.0g/dl.A total sample size of 280 participants was studied out of which the
mean hemoglobin level was 11.4g/dl, hemoglobin standard deviation was of 1.45, the
maxim hemoglobin level recorded was 14.3g/dl and the minimum recorded hemoglobin
level was 4.8g/dl giving a range of 9.5g/dl.Despite the study having higher prevalence
(35.4%) compared to other studies in Uganda, these findings further confirm that
anemia in pregnancy is still of public health significance and is likely to have nutritional
causes requiring targeted interventions.A larger study would be necessary to obtain a
pooled prevalence of anemia in teenage mothers in the central region of Uganda