Factors associated with compliance of prenatal iron folate supplementation among women in Mecha district, Western Amhara: A cross-sectional study

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Taye, Bekele ^a   Abeje, Gedefaw ^a   Mekonen, Alemtsehay ^a  

^a BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Amhara region; Compliance; Iron folate supplementation; Mecha district

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE PLUS FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; MALE; MOTHERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921782309     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2015.20.43.4894     Document Type: Article

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