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