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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Glob. Womens Health
Sec. Maternal Health
Volume 5 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2024.1468725

Health-promoting lifestyle behavior and its associated factors among pregnant women in Debre Markos City, Northwest Ethiopia: A crosssectional study

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Getachew Tilaye Mihiret Getachew Tilaye Mihiret *Belsity Temesgen Meselu Belsity Temesgen Meselu Nurilign Abebe Moges Nurilign Abebe Moges Kumlachew Solomon Wodmu Kumlachew Solomon Wodmu Temesgen Getaneh Temesgen Getaneh
  • Debre Markos University, Debre Marqos, Ethiopia

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    Introduction: Promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors during pregnancy is a crucial health promotion strategy that could reduce pregnancy-related complications that may harm women and their fetuses. However, very few studies have assessed the levels of health-promoting lifestyle behaviors among pregnant women in Ethiopia. This study aimed to evaluate the extent and associated factors of health-promoting lifestyle behavior among pregnant women in public health institutions in Debre Markos town, Northwest Ethiopia. Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 275 pregnant women who were recruited using a systematic random sampling technique from April 19th to May 19th, 2021. A face-to-face interview-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 25. Multivariable binary logistic regression was used to identify the possible factors of the outcome variable. Odds ratio with their 95% CI were used to measure the strength of associations at a p-value of below 0.05. Results: The average mean score for health-promoting lifestyle behavior was 2.68 (±0.38). Factors such as rural residency [AOR = 0.29; 95% CI = (0.10-0.82)], family size (>=5) [AOR = 0.25; 95% CI = (0.08-0.79)], being the decision-maker for economic expenses [AOR = 0.34; 95% CI = (0.14–0.84)], and average monthly income [AOR = 0.15; 95% CI = (0.04–0.59)] were found to be significant in influencing health-promoting lifestyle behavior during pregnancy. Conclusion: Approximately two-thirds of participants demonstrated better (healthier) health-promoting lifestyle behavior during their pregnancy. To reduce unhealthy lifestyle-related maternal morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia, it is important to encourage health-promoting activities during health education and antenatal care follow-up with giving emphasis to women with rural residency, high family size, low-income level, and having husbands of primary decision makers for their economic expenses

    Keywords: Antenatal care, factors, Health-promoting lifestyle, Pregnant Women, Ethiopia

    Received: 22 Jul 2024; Accepted: 02 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Mihiret, Meselu, Moges, Wodmu and Getaneh. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Getachew Tilaye Mihiret, Debre Markos University, Debre Marqos, Ethiopia

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