Perceptions of Preconception Care among Pregnant Women at Masvingo General Hospital, Zimbabwe: A Qualitative Study

Elizabeth Siraha, D. Mukona, M. Zvinavashe, Lillian Dodzo
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Background & aim: Preconception care (PCC) is the provision of biomedical, behavioral, and social health interventions for women and couples before conception occurs. Although it serves to close the gap of poor maternal health through promoting good behavior, risk assessment and management of chronic medical conditions, treatment of infections, and vaccinations, but it is still a challenge to most women of the childbearing age worldwide. The present study was performed to investigate the perceptions of women of the childbearing age regarding PCC. Methods: A descriptivequalitative design was used on a purposive sample of eight pregnant women within the age range of 15-49 years attending Masvingo general hospital, Zimbabwe for antenatal care. The sample size was determined by data saturation. The data were collected within March 2018 to April 2018 through in-depth interviews, which were conducted in private rooms while detailed notes were taken. Thematic analysis was manually performed to analyse the data. Issues of trustworthiness was considered. Results: Major themes identified were inadequate knowledge of PCC, recognition of the importance of PCC, barriers to PCC, and facilitators of PCC. Conclusion: Women acknowledged the importance of PCC. However, there was a number of barriers to the full utilization of PCC, and it was a neglected aspect of maternal-child health. There is a need to promote the awareness of PCC to enable informed decision-making regarding the issues of fertility and pregnancy planning.
津巴布韦Masvingo总医院孕妇对孕前护理的看法:一项定性研究
背景与目的:孕前保健(PCC)是指在怀孕前为妇女和夫妇提供生物医学、行为和社会卫生干预措施。虽然它有助于通过促进良好行为、慢性病风险评估和管理、感染治疗和接种疫苗来缩小孕产妇健康状况不佳的差距,但它仍然是全世界大多数育龄妇女面临的挑战。本研究旨在调查育龄妇女对PCC的看法。方法:对在津巴布韦Masvingo总医院接受产前护理的8名年龄在15-49岁之间的孕妇进行描述性定性设计。样本量由数据饱和度决定。这些数据是在2018年3月至2018年4月期间通过深度访谈收集的,这些访谈在私人房间进行,并做了详细的笔记。人工进行专题分析以分析数据。审议了可信性问题。结果:确定的主要主题是对pccc的了解不足,对pccc重要性的认识,pccc的障碍以及pccc的促进因素。结论:妇女认识到PCC的重要性。然而,在充分利用母婴保健方面存在一些障碍,这是妇幼保健中被忽视的一个方面。有必要提高对PCC的认识,以便在生育和怀孕计划问题上作出知情的决策。
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