PMA Publishing Corp.Ĭentre for Disease Control and Prevention (2015). Pica: A critical review of diagnosis and treatment. Delhi: CBS Publishers and Distributors Ltd.īlinder, B. Problems of behaviour in children and adolescents A practical guide for health upbringing. Delhi Psychiatry Journal 17(1): 144 147.īhatia, M.S, & Singhal, P.K. Sudanese Journal of Public Health 4 (3): 313 321.īhatia, M.S., & Kaur, J. Public health communication: Some Lessons for effectiveness. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Press.īadr, E. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-IVC (4th edition). The research recommended that relevant health bodies should organize awareness campaigns aimed at sensitizing childbearing women on the dangers of eating non-consumables and the need to seek medical care when they experience such urge.Īmerican Psychiatric Association (1994). It was concluded that the awareness level of pica disorder amongst childbearing women in Anambra State is yet to be satisfactory as their knowledge is largely restricted to the existence of the disorder and vulnerability of pregnant women to it, while they appear largely ignorant of its negative implications for the mother and the child. The research also discovered that the majority of the women (69.5%) who have experienced pica disorder did not seek medical advice towards solving the problem. However, there is low awareness among the women that pica disorder is dangerous for the health of the mother (23%) and the child (29%). Similarly, almost all those who have experienced the disorder had this experience during pregnancy (90.4%). Results revealed that a significant proportion of the childbearing women in Anambra State (53%) have experienced pica disorder manifesting in the form of the urge to eat non-consumables like clay, paper, sand, charcoal, etc. A structured questionnaire was designed for data collection and a pilot study was conducted to test the questionnaires validity and reliability. A sample of 400 women attending antenatal clinic at government hospitals in the three major cities of Onitsha, Awka and Nnewi was selected. Situated within the framework of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) model, the study was designed as a survey research. This research investigated the awareness and practice bearing on pica disorder among childbearing women in Anambra State.
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