Table 2.
Perceived barriers in maintaining appropriate haemoglobin level among pregnant women.
| Statements | Adaklu district | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agreed | Disagreed | |||
| N | % | n | % | |
| Whether partner supports me financially | 138 | 92.0 | 12 | 8.0 |
| My partner allows me to go for antenatal visits | 130 | 88.7 | 20 | 13.3 |
| I am given iron pills for free at the clinic | 137 | 91.3 | 13 | 9.7 |
| I do not take folic acid regularly | 13 | 9.7 | 137 | 91.3 |
| In my community, pregnant women do not take eggs | 48 | 32.0 | 102 | 68.0 |
| In my community, pregnant women do not take snail | 86 | 57.3 | 64 | 42.7 |
| The attitude of the health workers is encouraging | 115 | 77.0 | 35 | 23.0 |
| I do not have a valid National Health Insurance card | 22 | 14.7 | 128 | 85.3 |
| I have taken deworming during pregnancy | 115 | 77.0 | 35 | 23.0 |
| I was given antimalarial drugs during ANC visits | 102 | 68.0 | 48 | 32.0 |
| My religion accepts blood transfusion | 113 | 75.3 | 37 | 24.7 |
| Antenatal visit is not beneficial to me | 12 | 8.0 | 138 | 92.0 |
| The distance to the health facility is very far | 137 | 91.3 | 13 | 8.7 |