Nutritional Status and Associated Factors of Pregnant Women Utilizing Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) in Ogun State, Nigeria
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2025-12
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Lead City University Ibadan
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In Ogun State, Nigeria, a significant number of pregnant women utilize the services of Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) for their prenatal care and delivery. The nutritional status of pregnant women is a critical determinant of both maternal and fetal health outcomes. The study investigates the socio-demographic characteristics and nutritional knowledge of pregnant women utilizing Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) in Ogun State. This study employed a cross-sectional approach. A total of 425 pregnant women were interviewed for this study. Findings shows that majority of pregnant women utilizing TBAs in Ogun State do not meet the recommended dietary intake for several essential nutrients, including energy, iron,
Vitamin B12, and zinc. Only 14.8% of pregnant women have good nutritional status. Findings reveals that BMI was significantly associated with nutritional status, with obese (12 1.383,103.376 p value 0.024) and overweight (5.919(1.138,30.772 p value 0.035) women having higher odds of poor nutritional status. A large proportion of pregnant women who utilize TBAs in Ogun State have poor nutritional knowledge (76.7%). Factors significantly associated with good nutritional knowledge included secondary education level, being married, specific occupations, husbands having secondary or tertiary education, holding certain food taboos and cultural beliefs, consuming 3-4 meals daily, and not skipping meals. The findings
highlight the critical need for targeted interventions to improve the nutritional status and knowledge of pregnant women who utilize TBAs in Ogun State.
Keynote: TBAs, Nutritional status, Dietary Intake, Knowledge, Pregnant women
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TBAs, Nutritional status, Dietary Intake, Knowledge, Pregnant women
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Kate Turabian