Women Health Literacy and Associated Factors on Women and Child Health Care in Ilu Ababor Public Health Facilities, Ethiopia

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Figure 1 The proportional allocation of total participants over the thirteen randomly selected health facilities in Ilu Ababor Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia.

Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Women at Ilu Abbabor Public Health Facilities, 2022 (N=411)

Variables	Category	Total (N=411)	Percent (100%)
Age	18–23	91	22.1
	24–28	156	35.0
	29–34	142	34.5
	35–39	22	5.4
Marital status	Married	370	90.0
	Divorced	27	6.57
	Others	14	3.43
Religion	Muslim	166	40.4
	Orthodox	101	24.6
	Protestant	144	35.0
Residence	Rural	159	38.7
	Urban	252	61.3
Ethnicity	Oromo	257	62.5
	Ahmara	132	32.1
	Tigre	22	5.4
Educational level	Unable read and write	37	9
	Read and write	61	14.8
	Grade 1–8	124	30.2
	Grade 9–12	71	17.3
	Diploma	96	23.4
	Degree and above	22	5.4
Occupational status	Gov’t employee	156	39.6
	Private employee	85	20.7
	Student	11	2.7
	Merchant	50	12.2
	Others	98	23.8

Table 2 Practices of Mothers and Basic Information on Maternal and Child Health Care at Ilu Abbabor Public Health Facilities, 2022 (N=411)

Variables	Category	Total (N=411)	Percent (100%)
Number of child	1	83	20.2
	2–3	208	50.6
	≥4	120	29.2
ANC contact	Once	105	25.5
	Twice	32	7.8
	Three times	96	23.36
	Four or more times	178	43.3
Place of birth	Health facility	378	92.0
	Others	33	8.0
Route of Delivery	Vaginally	359	87.3
	CS	52	12.7
Postpartum care visit	Yes	378	92.0
	No	33	8.0
Complete vaccination	Yes	306	74.4
	No	105	25.6
Exclusive breast feeding	Yes	388	94.4
	No	23	5.6
Food restrictions during ANC	Yes	82	20
	No	329	80
Food/taboo restrictions during PP	Yes	76	18.5
	No	335	81.5
Smoking	Yes	6	1.5
	No	405	98.5
Alcohol intake	Yes	18	4.4
	No	393	85.6
Heard Information on MCH	Yes	400	97.3
	No	11	2.7
Source of Information	Media	189	46.0
	Health personnel	161	39.2
	Relative/companion	11	2.7

Table 3 The Mean Score (Out of 50) and Health Literacy Level in Terms of Health Literacy Dimensions on Mother and Child Health Care Among Women in Ilu Abbabor Public Health Facilities, 2022 (N=411)

Dimensions	Mean ± Standard Deviations	Maternal Health Literacy
		Inadequate (%)	Adequate (%)
Access Information	30.97±10.98	230(56.0)	181(44.0)
Understand Information	26.67±12.08	274(66.67)	137(33.33)
Judge Information	24.56±15.87	345(84.0)	66(16.0)
Apply Information	31.77±13.78	187(45.5)	224(54.5)
Total health literacy	28±10.3	293(71.3)	118(28.7)

Table 4 Bivariate and Multivariate Analysis to Identify Factors Associated with Maternal Health Literacy About Mother and Child Health Care Among Women in Ilu Abbabor Public Health Facilities, 2022 (N=411)

Variables	Category	MHL		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	P value
		Inadequate (%)	Adequate (%)
Age	18–23	118(28.7)	11(2.67)	1
	24–28	112(27.2)	44(10.7)	0.24(0.105,0.823)	0.21(0.204,0.75)	0.037*
	29–34	49(11.92)	41(997)	0.102(0.049,0.215)	0.10(0.095,0.172)	0.041*
	35–39	14 (3.4)	22(5.35)	1.57(1.02,3.17)	1.23(1.45,2.89)	0.029*
Residence	Rural	148(36.0)	11(2.67)	1
	Urban	145(35.3)	107(26.0)	10.1(5.124,19.238)	12.2(5.34,24.48)	0.000*
Education level	Unable read and write	39(9.5)	2(0.48)	0.043(0.0101,0.18)	0.041(0.01,0.08)	0.046*
	Read & write	62(15.1)	5(1.21)	0.067(0.02,0.105)	0.053(0.02–0.097)	0.029*
	Grade 1–8	103(25.1)	21(5.1)	0.175(0.081,0.379)	0.156(0.10,0.374)	0.014*
	Grade 9–12	20(4.8)	9(2.19)	0.376(0.172,1.68)	0.35(0.18,1.5)	0.011*
	Diploma	18(4.4)	20(4.86)	0.93(0.49,2.085)	0.54(0.31,1.87)	0.004*
	Degree and above	51(12.4)	61(14.84)	1
Number of child	One	98(23.8)	22(5.35)	1.531(0.871,2.692)	0.746(0.328,1.697)	0.485
	2 or 3	61(14.8)	22(5.35)	0.622(0.318,1.219)	1.04(0.452,1.471)	0.867
	≥4	134(32.6)	74(18.0)	1
Frequency of ANC contact	Once	104(34.1)	1(0.2)	0.006(0.003,0.054)	0.23(0.095,0.556)	0.001*
	Twice	30(7.3)	2(0.48)	0.044(0.031,0.096)	0.26(0.138,0.307)	0.000*
	Three times	87(21.2)	9(2.2)	0.069(0.46,0.15)	0.14(0.108,0.167)	0.000*
	Four or more	70(17.0)	108(26.0)	1
Route of Delivery	VD	263(63.9)	96(23.3)	2.009(1.105,3.652)	0.24(0.112,0.503)	0.000*
	CS	30(7.3)	22(5.35)	1
Complete vaccination	Yes	115(28)	191(46.5)	0.51(0.14,0.78)	0.21(0.17,0.73)	0.01*
	No	85(20.7)	20(4.87)	1
Postpartum Food restriction	Yes	62(15.08)	14(3.4)	0.502(0.269,1.94)	0.899(0.186,4.345)	0.895
	No	231(56.2)	104(25.3)	1

Notes: *P value less than 0.05 multivariate analysis. “1” indicates category group used for reference.