Awareness of Married Adults about Congenital Anomalies in a Rural Village, Assiut

Faddan, Hala Abou; Ismail, Taghreed

doi:10.21608/jhiph.2018.19916

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“…Effective cooperation between parents and health care professionals such as doctors, nurses, speech therapists, and occupational therapists will increase the parents' knowledge resulting in a low incidence of complications from children's congenital anomalies and promoting overall child health. Faddan and Ismail ( 21 ) suggested that a health education program is very crucial, particularly the role of healthcare providers in counseling and raising awareness among parents regarding congenital anomalies. Dingemann et al ( 22 ) revealed that low maternal education correlated with a higher risk of complications among the children following surgeries for their congenital anomalies.…”

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Challenges of having a child with congenital anomalies in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative exploration of mothers' experience

Alqarawi

Alhamidi

Alsadoun

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundCongenital anomalies in children lead to morbidity, mortality, or lifelong disabilities. Mothers of children with congenital anomalies face considerable obstacles in parenting their children because of their lack of knowledge about such health conditions, lack of family support, and lack of health, rehabilitation, and social care support. In Saudi Arabia, less attention are given to researching this important issue. In this context, the purpose of the study was to explore mothers' experiences and perceptions toward children with congenital anomalies.MethodsWe employed a qualitative phenomenological study design. We purposively recruited 10 mothers of children with congenital anomalies from different cities in Saudi Arabia. We interviewed the mothers with an in-depth interview guideline. The interview questions were designed to explore their perception of congenital anomalies in children and their experience of parenting and seeking health, rehabilitation, education, and social care services for children with such anomalies.ResultAnalysis of our data suggest that mothers of children with congenital anomalies face considerable challenges because of a lack of medical, rehabilitation, and social care support, lack of knowledge about these conditions and their management, lack of responsiveness of the healthcare providers, lack of support from the family and the stigma associated with such conditions. Consequently, mothers experience poor mental and social well-being.ConclusionMothers are facing considerable challenges in raising children with congenital anomalies. Regular screening for early detection of congenital anomalies, counseling support for mothers, and improving healthcare providers' responsiveness, knowledge, and skills are necessary. In addition, appropriate awareness-raising programs need to be implemented at the community level to counteract the stigma and negative attitudes of the community toward children with congenital anomalies and their families.

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Challenges of having a child with congenital anomalies in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative exploration of mothers' experience

Alqarawi

Alhamidi

Alsadoun

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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Pregnant mother's knowledge level and its determinant factors towards preventable risk factors of congenital anomalies among mothers attended health institutions for antenatal care, Ethiopia

Wake

Fitie

Endris

et al. 2022

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health

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Background: More than 90% of congenital anomalies occur in low and middle-income countries because of different risk factors. This study aimed to assess pregnant mothers' knowledge level and its determinant factors towards preventable risk factors of congenital anomalies among mothers attended health institutions for antenatal care in Dessie town, Ethiopia. Methods: Health institution-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among 404 pregnant mothers in Dessie town, Ethiopia from 12 January 2020 to 12 March 2020. A systematic random sampling method was used to get selected mothers. Epidata version 3.1 and, and SPSS version 20 were used for data entry and analysis respectively. Results: A total of 404 pregnant mothers were included with a 100% response rate. The overall good knowledge of pregnant mothers towards preventable risk factors of congenital anomalies was 211(52%).Four or more antenatal care visits [adjusted OR = 2.93, 95% CI: 1.696-5.072,P-value <0.001], urban residence [ adjusted OR = 5.97, 95% CI: 2.95-12.078,P-value <0.001], monthly family income of more than 4500 ETB [adjusted OR = 5.52, 95% CI: 1.616-18.861,P-value <0.006] and secondary school and above [adjusted OR = 4.29, 95%CI: 2.464-7.467, P-value < 0.001] were significant associated factors with pregnant mothers knowledge. Conclusion: More than half of pregnant mothers had good knowledge of preventable risk factors of congenital malformation. Governmental and non-governmental health institutions should create a conducive environment for health care providers to create awareness regarding preventable risk factors of congenital malformation for all couples, pregnant mothers, and the community as a whole.

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Awareness of Married Adults about Congenital Anomalies in a Rural Village, Assiut

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Challenges of having a child with congenital anomalies in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative exploration of mothers' experience

Challenges of having a child with congenital anomalies in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative exploration of mothers' experience

Pregnant mother's knowledge level and its determinant factors towards preventable risk factors of congenital anomalies among mothers attended health institutions for antenatal care, Ethiopia

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