![]() ![]() Ethiopia: An independent state in eastern Africa.Confidence interval: A range of values for a variable of interest, e.g., a rate, constructed so that this range has a specified probability of including the true value of the variable.SPSS: Statistical package for social science.Health professionals and care providers should provide great attention to creating awareness regarding ANC services provided during pregnancy, pregnancy-related danger signs, and women who have low parity. The Zonal Health Department and respective health officials develop specific interventions to increase coverage of timely ANC initiation, with a focus on these underutilized first contacts for ANC. This study shows the importance of making a significant effort to increase the coverage of timely ANC initiation in the study area. ![]() Even if the coverage of timely initiation of ANC in a study area is higher than the national figure, there is still a high percentage of women who do not start their first ANC visit in the first trimester of pregnancy. The data were collected using a face-to-face exit interviewer questionnaire therefore, there could be recalled biases in reporting the time of first ANC contact, especially for pregnant women who have more than one visit. Compared to women who had an unplanned pregnancy, those who had a planned pregnancy started their ANC services earlier, as shown in studies conducted in Ethiopia 5. This conclusion aligns with the findings of studies carried out in Ethiopia, but it is at odds with studies done in Myanmar, Ghana, and SSA, which found that women under the age of 25 were less likely to commence ANC service on time. In this study, women aged 25-34 years were 70% less likely to initiate ANC in a timely manner than women younger than 25 years. Pregnant women who attended an antenatal care clinic in a hospital during the study period and the study population comprised of randomly sampled pregnant women from this group. The data were collected using a face-to-face exit interviewer questionnaire therefore there could be recalled biases in reporting the time of first ANC contact especially for pregnant women who have more than one visit. The results of this study also show that the prevalence of timely initiation of ANC services was lower compared to those in other countries such as Benin (45.6%) Saudi Arabia (75.0%) Ghana (68.0%) and Uganda (50%). how: This may have been because the previous studies were conducted in a rural district where women have low awareness levels about maternal healthcare services. ![]() By contrast, a lower prevalence of timely initiation of ANC was observed in this study compared to those of studies conducted in Ethiopia in Bahir Dar (44.2%), Goba (61.2%), Gondar (47.5%), and Wollo (40.5%). Pregnant women with mental illness and those who were unable to hear and talk were excluded from the study because it was considered that they would not be able to provide the necessary information.
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