Research Article Anemia among Women Attending Antenatal Care at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017 Wubet Worku Takele , 1 Amare Tariku , 2 Fasil Wagnew Shiferaw , 3 Amare Demsie, 4 Wondale Getinet Alemu , 5 and Degefaye Zelalem Anlay 6 1 Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia 2 Department of Human Nutrition, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia 3 Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Ethiopia 4 Department of pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia 5 Department of Psychiatry, school of medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Gondar, Ethiopia 6 Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia Correspondence should be addressed to Wubet Worku Takele; wube.w2010@gmail.com Received 17 July 2018; Accepted 13 September 2018; Published 9 October 2018 Academic Editor: Duran Canatan Copyright © 2018 Wubet Worku Takele et al. Tis is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background. In Ethiopia, prenatal anemia is a major public health concern afecting both the health of the woman and babies. Te World Health Organization recommends to conduct repeated prevalence studies concerning prenatal anemia . However, there is no recent evidence on the magnitude of the prenatal anemia. Terefore, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and the associated factors of prenatal anemia among women attending the Antenatal Care Clinic at the University of Gondar Referral Hospital. Methods. A facility-based cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted among 362 participants from June 03-July 08, 2017, at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. Te systematic random sampling technique was employed. Structured interviewer administered questionnaire was used. Human Immunodefciency Virus (HIV) screening was conducted. Nutritional status of the participants was assessed. Blood sample was collected by capillary tube . Intestinal parasite was examined by stool wet mount test. HIV serostatus was detected. Anemia was defned as hemoglobin concentration below 11 g/dl. Te multivariable logistic regression model was employed to identify associated factors and to control the possible efects of confounders. Result. Te prevalence of anemia was 22.2% (95% CI: 18.11, 27.1%). Te highest odds of anemia were observed among pregnant women with family size of >fve [AOR = 3 (95% CI: 1.03, 8.65)], unprotected water source users, [AOR = 4.09 (95% CI: 1.75, 9.55)], HIV infected [AOR = 2.94(95% CI: 1.37, 6.35)], and multigravida women [AOR = 3.5 (95% CI: 1.35, 9.17)]. Conclusion and Recommendations. Te prevalence of anemia among pregnant women attending the University of Gondar Referral Hospital was a moderate public health problem. Unprotected water source, large family size, Human Immunodefciency Virus infection, and repeated pregnancies were factors that predicted anemia. Tus, prevention of Human Immunodefciency Virus infection, family planning utilization, and accessing pure water are recommended. 1. Background Pregnancy is the critical period in which many preventable nutritional deficiencies happened secondary to unmet nutrient requirements. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) report, prenatal anemia is defned as hemoglobin concentration of below 11g/dl[1]. Maternal mortality, impair- ment of fetal neurocognitive development, and behavioral Hindawi Anemia Volume 2018, Article ID 7618959, 10 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/7618959