Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Helminthiasis and Its Associated Risk Factors Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Andabet Health Center, South Gonder, Ethiopia

ZENAW, ASSEFA

dc.contributor.author	ZENAW, ASSEFA
dc.date.accessioned	2024-09-20T12:18:38Z
dc.date.available	2024-09-20T12:18:38Z
dc.date.issued	2024-06
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/15957
dc.description.abstract	Intestinal helminthic infections are highly prevalent throughout the tropics and sub tropics and affect millions of people especially in poor countries including Ethiopia. Pregnant women are one of the highly susceptible groups to these infections and that may lead to adverse maternal and fetal out comes. The present study was aimed to determining the prevalence of intestinal parasitic helminthiasis and its associated risk factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Andabet health center south Gonder. Therefore, to identification of its associated risk factors, were very important effective prevention and control measures intestinal helminthic infections are. Health center based cross-sectional study involving 384 pregnant women was conducted from October 2023to March 2023.Relevant information on potential risk factors associated with intestinal helminthic infections was gathered using semi structured questionnaire. Stool samples were collected and examined microscopically using wet mount and Formol-ether concentration techniques. Data collected were fed in to SPSS version 23 software. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression was used to evaluate the possible association between dependent and independent variables. The overall prevalence of helminthic infections was 57.8%. eight species of intestinal helminths were identified. Among those the most prevalent species were Ascaris lumbricoides (22.9%),followed by hookworm (15%),Taenia species (14.1%),Trichuris Trichuria(3.4%), Schistosomes mansoni(0.8%),Strongloides stercoralis (0.3%), Enterobius vermicularis (0.3%) and Hymenolepis nana (0.3%). The odds of intestinal helminthic infections were higher among those who were occupationally merchant (AOR = 6.38), who had the lowest monthly income earners (ETB) (AOR=3.98),did not take anti helminthic history drugs (AOR=3.32), and among those who did not practice hand washing after the use of toilet and before meal (AOR=4.89)(P < 0.05). While, others factors were not found to be associated with the risk contracting parasitic intestinal helminthic infections (P > 0.05).Regular checkup during their ANC follow up are recommended to prevent possible adverse maternal and fetal effects from intestinal helminthic infections. Keywords: Attending Antenatal Care, Intestinal Helminthic Infection, Pregnant wome	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Biology	en_US
dc.title	Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Helminthiasis and Its Associated Risk Factors Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Andabet Health Center, South Gonder, Ethiopia	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US