KNOWLEDGE ON FACTORS RESPONSIBLE AND PREVENTION OF ANEMIA AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CARE IN BOKKOS LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF PLATEAU STATE

Abstract

This work is on knowledge on factors responsible and prevention of anemia among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. A survey research design was used and the population of this study comprised 327 women in 5 health centres as at the time of the collection of data for the study which lasted about six weeks. All 327 questionnaire forms were correctly filled and returned back for the study. The instrument for the study was a self-structured questionnaire designed to collect information from the respondents. This was validated by 3 experts that are not below the rank of a senior lecturer from the Department of Physical and Health Education, University of Jos. A copy of the draft was given to them for the purpose of face and content validation, appropriateness of items, clarity of statement in the instrument and whether or not the items are related to the subject under study. Necessary corrections and observations were duly made. The observation done by the experts were duly followed. The corrections gave rise to the instrument that was used for the collection of data of the study which was pre-tested using 37 women that were not part of the main study and the reliability coefficient of the instrument was established at 0.823, the Kuder Richardson Formula 20 and the Cronbach Alpha coefficient method of checking the internal consistency of an instrument were adopted for establishing the reliability index of the instrument which was considered very high and was therefore used for the main study. It was recommended among others that this result be sustained through constant counseling and health talks for the women attending antenatal care.