Masters theses:Nursing

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    Awareness of Married Women in the Reproductive age about the Antenatal Care and it is Importance in Al Thawra Al Hara 62 (Shaican) Omdurman, Khartoum State May-October 2014
    (AL Neelain University, 2014) Gamila Abdalrhman Abdella
    Abstract Introduction: Antenatal care is the care given to the mother and her fetus during pregnancy. Antenatal care provides advice, reassurance, education, and support for the woman on screening 7 programs and detects the problems that make the pregnancy high risk one. Objectives: to study the awareness of the married women in reproductive age about antenatal care and its importance in al thawra al Hara 62 (shaican). Material and Method: A descriptive community-based study was conducted from may-October 2014.the data was collected from 150 married women in the reproductive age by using the questionnaire in Al thawra AlHara 62 (shaican) and the data was entering and analysis by using SPSS soft ware version (16) descriptive statistics cross tabulation chi square test for statistical associations was done. And the result is presented in form of frequency tables, figures. Results: All the respondent (100%) were heard about ANC and (46.7%) were not aware about the correct time of the first ANC visit and there is no statistical association between the awareness about the time of first antenatal care visit and level of education this approved by table (22). only (26,7%) showed good awareness about the services provided in the clinic during pregnancy. Only (4.0%) of the respondent showed good awareness about dangerous signs during pregnancy Conclusion: This study demonstrated poor awareness about antenatal care. There is significant association between the levels of education and awareness about antenatal care. The respondent with high level of education more aware about ANC and its importance than respondent with low level of education. 8 Recommendation : From the result of this study there is a great need for increasing the awareness of the women in the reproductive age about ANC and its importance by using wide rang health education programs.