Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Yifag Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Practice of pregnant women related to personal and environmental hygiene taking ANC at Yifag Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia (N = 277), November 2019 to March 2020.

Variable	Categories	Frequency	Percent
Waste disposal	Burring or burning	25	9.0
	Open field	252	91.0
Have toilet	No	206	74.4
	Yes	71	25.6
Type of toilet	Private	31	11.2
	Open field	209	75.5
	Public	37	13.4
Source of water	Pipe	258	93.1
	Unprotected	19	6.9
Handwashing before feeding	No	1	0.4
	Yes	276	99.6
Handwashing after toilet	No	163	58.8
	Yes	114	41.2
Fingernail status	Trimmed	162	58.5
	Untrimmed	115	41.5
Eating raw meat	No	166	59.9
	Yes	111	40.1
Eating raw vegetables	No	150	54.2
	Yes	127	45.8
Personal hygiene	Good	92	33.2
	Poor	185	66.8
Shoe wearing	No	127	45.8
	Yes	150	54.2
Transmission and prevention knowledge of IPI	No	223	80.5
	Yes	54	19.5