NGHIÊN CỨU KIẾN THỨC, THÁI ĐỘ, THỰC HÀNH VỀ SÀNG LỌC TRƯỚC SINH VÀ MỘT SỐ YẾU TỐ LIÊN QUAN CỦA PHỤ NỮ MANG THAI TẠI HUYỆN CHÂU THÀNH, TỈNH SÓC TRĂNG NĂM 2023-2024

Abstract

Background: Giving birth to a healthy, intact child without birth defects is the dream of most couples. In Vietnam, each year there are approximately more than 41,000 children with birth defects, equivalent to one child with birth defects being born every 13 minutes. Objectives: Determine the proportion of pregnant women with correct knowledge, attitudes, and practices about prenatal screening and some related factors of pregnant women in Chau Thanh district, Soc Trang province, in 2023. Materials and methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using the interview questionnaire on a sample size of 467 pregnant women in Chau Thanh district, Soc Trang province. Results: The percentage of pregnant women with correct knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding prenatal screening were 70.0%, 82.9%, and 29.1%, respectively. There were significant relationships between religion, decision maker for prenatal screening and general knowledge, attitudes and practices, between education and general knowledge and attitudes, between ethnicity and general knowledge and between number of children already had and general practices of prenatal screening. There were significant relationships between general knowledge, attitudes and practices. Conclusions: Findings showed that the proportions of pregnant women with correct knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding prenatal screening were not high. It is necessary to promote communication to improve knowledge about the benefits of prenatal screening, and at the same time increase support and provide prenatal screening services, focusing on ethnic minorities.