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Factors Associated with Unintended Pregnancy among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic at Kenyatta National Hospital

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Rose Aluoch Ojuok*, Daniel Nyamongo , Joseph Mutai

The purpose of this study was to investigate factors associated with unintended pregnancy among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at Kenyatta National Hospital. Estimates of unintended pregnancy by their intention status give a picture of the reproductive health status of a population. Annually, unintended pregnancy account for 38% of all pregnancies in the world with 22% ending in abortion. In 2018, Kenya’s prevalence of unintended pregnancy among women aged 15-49 years was approximately 42%, mistimed 30.6% and unwanted 11.2%. Unintended pregnancy has adverse outcomes both to the mother and child like unsafe abortion, maternal deaths, malnutrition, mental illness as a result of stress and vertical transmission of HIV. The main objective of this study was to identify facto... view more»

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