Prevalence and associated factors of under nutrition among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Chancho Hospital, Oromia region, June, 2022

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Abstract Back Ground: World Health Organization defines under-nutrition as insufficient intake of energy and nutrients to meet an individual’s needs to maintain good health. Undernutrition is a significant global health concern, particularly in pregnant women. There is scarce of documented data regarding knowledge or food insecurity are lacking used for prioritizing, designing and initiating intervention programs, in chancho Hospital. Objectives: To assess Prevalence and associated factors of under nutrition among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Chancho Hospital, Oromia region, Ethiopia, June, 2022. Methods: The study area was Chancho hospital. Institutional based cross-sectional study design was employed from June 1 to 30, 2022. Study was conducted on pregnant women on antenatal care follow up. IBM® Statistical Package for Social Science version 26 was used for analysis. Variables with a p-value < 0.05 (95% CI) in multivariable binary logistic regression was declared statistically significant. Study was conducted from June 1 to 30, 2022. Results: A total of 279 pregnant women were participated in this study with a response rate of 96.8%. The overall prevalence of undernutrition among pregnant women was 36.9%. In multivariable logistic regression, main source of income is trade (AOR=5.246, 95% CI: 1.106 24.887) and employed (AOR=3.406, 95% CI:1.031-11.248), not receiving dietary counseling during ANC follow up (AOR=5.686, 95% CI: 2.124-15.221), protected well source of drinking water (AOR=10.301, 95% CI: 1.087-97.629), poor dietary knowledge (AOR=5.686, 95% CI: 2.124-15.221) and mildly food insecure (AOR=.115, 95% CI: .045-.293) and moderately food insecure (AOR=.0631, 95% CI: .015-.268) were factors significantly associated with under nutrition among pregnant women. Conclusion and recommendations: Pregnant women were affected by under-nutrition and prevalence was high. It was found that different independent factors were associated with pregnant women under-nutrition. Stakeholders like woreda health office, local and international NGOs and health professionals needs to work together to prevent pregnant women under-nutrition Key words: Pregnant women, Under nutrition, MUAC, Antenatal Care, Chancho Hospital.