混合方法探索对生育年龄妇女贫血的原因和预防的知识;一个两中心研究
Amanquador Acquah-Keelson1,2, Abigail Agyenda1,3, Joyce Agyeiwaa4
1Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
BMC women's health
|October 14, 2025
概括
加纳的生育年龄妇女患贫血率为25%,在郊区和受教育程度较低的地区更高. 解决知识差距需要文化敏感的干预措施,以提高对贫血的原因,后果和预防的理解.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 营养科学 营养科学
背景情况:
- 撒哈拉以南非洲面临着高贫血负担,不成比例地影响生育年龄的妇女.
- 了解贫血知识对于实现可持续发展目标 (SDG) 3.1和3.2至关重要.
- 这项研究调查了城市和城市周边加纳妇女的贫血患病率和知识.
研究的目的:
- 确定加纳城市和郊区的生育年龄妇女贫血的患病率.
- 探索妇女对贫血的原因,后果和预防的知识,理解和误解.
- 确定与贫血相关的因素,并检查知识组件之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 一项探索性混合方法研究 (QUANT-qual) 涉及加纳Koforidua (城市) 和Kade (郊区) 的18-42岁女性.
- 血液学分析以诊断贫血,其次是半结构化问卷,焦点小组讨论 (FGD) 和结构方程建模 (SEM).
- 统计学显著性是使用p值<0.05和双尾假设来确定的.
主要成果:
- 总体而言,贫血患病率为25%,在Kade (42.5%) 显著高于Koforidua (13.3%),在没有高等教育的女性中 (35.3%) 显著高.
- 非高等教育,年龄和婚姻状况是贫血的重要预测因素.
- 尽管SEM没有显示出因果/预防知识与因果/预防知识之间有显著的关联,但对后果的了解有助于缓解风险群体和预防策略之间的联系.
结论:
- 分解贫血数据对于了解其对公共健康的影响至关重要.
- 关于贫血病因存在重大误解,突出了关键的知识差距.
- 对文化敏感,系统思维的教育干预是必要的,以解决贫血知识缺陷和改善健康结果.
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