Awareness of Nutrition in Pregnancy among Newly Married Women in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area, Enugu State, Nigeria
Blessing Ijeoma Attah1*, Chidiebere Ogechukwu Osadebe1
1Department of Home Economics and Hospitality Management Education, University of Nigeria, P.M.B. 41001 Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria
*Correspondence: Blessing Ijeoma Attah, Department of Home Economics and Hospitality Management Education, University of Nigeria, P.M.B. 41001 Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria (Email: ijeoma.attah@unn.edu.ng)
Abstract: The study investigated the awareness of nutrition in pregnancy among newly married women. The research adopted a survey research design. Three specific objectives and three research questions were proposed for the study, while null hypotheses were developed and assessed at the 0.05 level of significance. A stratified random sampling was used to select 102 newly married women in Uzo- Uwani LGA, Enugu State, Nigeria. For data collection, a structured questionnaire with 30 questions was used. Three professionals verified the tool. To address the research questions, mean and standard deviation were employed, while the t-test was used to examine the null hypotheses. The findings of the study indicated that newly married women engaged in unhealthy feeding practices. The newly married women's awareness and interaction about nutrition in pregnancy were shown to be adequate. There were several sources of nutrition awareness among the women, including radio (91%), health workers (83.3%), friends (78.4%), family members (71%), television (64.5%) and posters (44.1%).
Keywords: Awareness, Feeding Practices, Married Women, Nutrition, Pregnancy
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Attah, B.I., & Osadebe, C.O. (2022). Awareness of Nutrition in Pregnancy among Newly Married Women in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area, Enugu State, Nigeria. International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research, 1(2), 221-232.https://doi.org/10.57012/ijhhr.v1n2.006