Kontakt 2021, 23(1):25-32 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2021.004

Nutrition in pregnancy and pregnancy outcome in two primary health centres, OkpanamSocial Sciences in Health - Original article

Phoebe Nwamaka Kanikwu1,*, Jessica Agada Jimmy2, Anthonia Chinwendu Emesowum3
1 Edo University Iyamho, Department of Nursing Science, Iyamho, Edo State, Nigeria
2 Niger Delta University, Department of Maternal and Child Health Nursing, Wiberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
3 Imo State University, Department of Nursing Science, Orlu Campus, Orlu, Imo State, Nigeria

Background: Pregnancy is a nutritionally vulnerable period. The feto-maternal outcomes of pregnancies can be traced to the maternal antepartum nutritional status.

Objectives: The study assessed the knowledge of nutrition in pregnancy, nutritional practices in pregnancy and the outcome of the pregnancy for the mother and child among postpartum mothers.

Methods: A descriptive survey research of 54 postpartum mothers attending two Primary Health Centres in Okpanam, Delta State. Data collected with a self-developed questionnaire were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 and reported in the form of frequency, percentages and pie chart.

Results: 90.7% said pregnant women should eat for two, that is, for themselves and the unborn baby, and 35.2% consumed fewer soft drinks during pregnancy. The knowledge level of 50% and nutritional practice level of 42.9% indicated a low level of knowledge on nutrition in pregnancy as well as a low level of nutritional practice in pregnancy. Also, 66.7% of the postpartum mothers had good pregnancy outcome and about 50% of their babies had good pregnancy outcome.

Conclusions: Postpartum women had low nutritional knowledge level and low nutritional practice level in pregnancy. The majority had good maternal outcome but only about half of their babies had a good maternal outcome.

Keywords: Knowledge; Nutrition; Nutritional practice; Pregnancy; Pregnancy outcome

Received: October 20, 2020; Revised: January 4, 2021; Accepted: February 2, 2021; Prepublished online: February 9, 2021; Published: March 3, 2021  Show citation

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Nwamaka Kanikwu P, Jimmy JA, Emesowum AC. Nutrition in pregnancy and pregnancy outcome in two primary health centres, Okpanam. Kontakt. 2021;23(1):25-32. doi: 10.32725/kont.2021.004.
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