Health, 2022, 14, 377-391 https://www.scirp.org/journal/health ISSN Online: 1949-5005 ISSN Print: 1949-4998 DOI: 10.4236/health.2022.144030 Apr. 12, 2022 377 Health Knowledge Attitude and Practice towards Antenatal Care among Pregnant Women Attending for Antenatal Care in SOS Hospital at Hiliwa District, Benadir Region, Somalia Abdullahi Muse Mohamoud 1,2* , Sahra Mire Mohamed 1 , Ahmed Mohamud Hussein 3* , Maida Abshir Omar 1 , Bushra Mohamud Ismail 1 , Rahma Abdulahi Mohamed 1 , Muna Ishaq Ahmed 1 , Seynab Dahir Ibrahim 1 1 Faculty of Health Sciences, Benadir University, Mogadishu, Somalia 2 PHC & HE, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira, Wad Madani, Sudan 3 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Mogadishu University, Mogadishu, Somalia Email: *cabdallamm7@gmail.com, *hamuudiph15@gmail.com Abstract Background: Antenatal care is one of the strategies aimed at addressing ma- ternal mortality as it facilitates the identification and avoid pregnancy related problems and save lives of mothers and babies. Purpose: This study aimed knowledge attitude and practice towards antenatal care among pregnant women attending for antenatal care in SOS Hospital, Hiliwa District, Benadir region, Somalia during the period of the study from April 2021-July 2021. Metho- dology: The study was descriptive cross-sectional, retrospective hospital based; a total of 60 of pregnant women were enrolled in this study. Data were col- lected through interview method using structured questionnaire. Data analy- sis was used Statistical Package for Social Science version 20 for analysis (SPSS). Results: The study discovered a total of 60 respondents have participated of which 45 (75%) had knowledge towards antenatal care, while the study found that the sources of antenatal care information was; 23 (38%) from health care providers at health centers and 10 (17%) from husbands. Among the study respondents 48 (80%) have convenience and accepted the utilization of ante- natal care and a total of 51 (85%) were seeking permission for antenatal care visit. Also study respondents about 35 (58%) utilized antenatal care visit dur- ing their previous pregnancies and 25 (42%) did not. About 22 (36%) were preferred mother and child health centers, 10 (16%) were preferred public hospitals and few proportion 2 (5%) were preferred private hospital for ante- How to cite this paper: Mohamoud, A.M., Mohamed, S.M., Hussein, A.M., Omar, M.A., Ismail, B.M., Mohamed, R.A., Ahmed, M.I. and Ibrahim, S.D. (2022) Knowledge Atti- tude and Practice towards Antenatal Care among Pregnant Women Attending for An- tenatal Care in SOS Hospital at Hiliwa Dis- trict, Benadir Region, Somalia. Health, 14, 377-391. https://doi.org/10.4236/health.2022.144030 Received: January 15, 2022 Accepted: April 9, 2022 Published: April 12, 2022 Copyright © 2022 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access