Factors affecting pre-pregnancy care among women based on the theory of planned behavior in Larestan, Iran, in 2016

Factors affecting pre-pregnancy care among women based on the theory of planned behavior in Larestan, Iran, in 2016

Aim Pre-pregnancy care is a series of interventions aimed to identify and modify behavioral and social risk factors and improve women’s health before pregnancy. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting pre-pregnancy care based on the theory of planned behavior in women aged 15–...

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Published in:Journal of public health Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 393 - 401
Main Authors: Zamani, Olya, Tabatabaei, Seyed Vahid Ahmadi, Mohseni, Mohabbat, Khanjani, Narges
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01-04-2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Epidemiology
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original Article
Physicians
Pregnancy
Public Health
Regression analysis
Risk analysis
Risk factors
Risk taking
Theory of planned behavior
Womens health
Pre-pregnancy care
Education
Theory of planned behavior
Counseling
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Summary:Aim Pre-pregnancy care is a series of interventions aimed to identify and modify behavioral and social risk factors and improve women’s health before pregnancy. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting pre-pregnancy care based on the theory of planned behavior in women aged 15–49 years in Larestan city, Shiraz, in 2016. Subjects and methods In this descriptive-analytical, cross-sectional study, all women aged 15 to 49 years, who agreed to complete a self-administered questionnaire based on the theory of planned behavior, were included. Predictors of pre-pregnancy care intention and behavior were identified using linear and logistic regression. Results The results showed that 46.4% of women had received pre-pregnancy care. The most important predictors of intention were attitude ( P  < 0.001) and subjective norm ( P  < 0.001), and the most important predictors of the behavior were knowledge ( P  < 0.001) and perceived behavioral control ( P  = 0.010). Conclusion To increase women’s tendency to perform pre-pregnancy care, physicians and health care providers should increase women’s knowledge by emphasizing the benefits of pre-pregnancy care for the mother, child and family, and they should try to encourage women to perform pre-pregnancy care.
ISSN:2198-1833
1613-2238
DOI:10.1007/s10389-019-01130-z