Impact of Health Education Program on Mothers' Knowledge towards Antenatal Care at Al-Hawata Area, AL-Gadarif State, Sudan

Abstract

The problems of increased maternal morbidity and mortality in the developing countries like Sudan have been associated with knowledge and awareness of mothers during pregnancy and childbirth. Women's education has effect on health seeking behaviors and increased awareness about antenatal careThe study was aimed to evaluate the impact of health education program on mothers' knowledge regarding antenatal careInterventional study one group, conducted among 150 pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Al-Hawata area. Their age ranged between (15 – 49) years in the first and second trimester. Data was collected in phases, where pre intervention information was collected, implementation of the program and the last phase was post intervention assessment. Statistically analyzed used statistical package for social sciences (SPSS . It was found that almost variables such as age, education, occupation, number of antenatal visits significant association with women's education. Also The this study revealed that the was improvement on mothers' knowledge regarding antenatal care from (7%) pre education to (67%) post education with mean score 3.7 pre teaching to 37.3 after teaching program. Conclusions: There was remarkable improvement on mothers' knowledge following the educational program. Enhance periodic programs such as education program for pregnant women concerning knowledge and awareness on antenatal care to increase mothers' knowledge in study area.