Reviewer’s report
Title: Knowledge, uptake of preconception care and associated factors among reproductive age
group women in West Shewa zone, Ethiopia, 2018
Version: 3 Date: 17 Sep 2019
Reviewer: Kedra Wallace
Reviewer's report:
-There are several grammatical and spacing errors throughout the manuscript that need to be corrected.
- Please insert page numbers
- There are inconsistencies in the use of preconception care, PCC and pre-pregnancy care. Please use
one term.
- What is the millennium development goal?
- In the methods section the authors state that according to a census that was taken in 2007 the
population in 2017 was 1,214,350. How was this number extrapolated over an eleven year time period?
- Methods, What was the 50th percentile equivalent to? 
- If 71.6% of the study participants have been pregnant before, then how are 56.9% pregnant for the
first time? Are the authors trying to say that 71.6% of the participants had at least one pregnancy
(14.7% multiparous)? If so just say that and leave the rest out.
- When and where were the surveys administered and by whom? How were the study participants
identified?
- What is meant by "index child"?
-It is unclear how the PCC data was calculated. Please include the questions, and the scoring systems as
supplemental data. 
- Do the authors mean to use revealed instead of reviled?
- What is the age range for reproductive age women in this study?
- Tables 2 &amp; 3 are very confusing and can not stand independently. 
- What is the importance of Table 4 or 5?
- How do the authors think that birth order or being raised in a household with another pregnant women
would affect the participants PCC knowledge?
- How can media coverage impact PCC? This relationship is not clear.
- Are there any health classes that might cover PCC offered in higher education (i.e. grades 9-12 and
college courses) which might serve as one reason why these women are more familiar with some
aspects of PCC?
- Did religion or ethnicity have an impact on PCC?
Are the methods appropriate and well described?
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.
No
Does the work include the necessary controls?
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.
Unable to assess
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.
No
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an
additional statistical review?
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please specify what aspects require further
assessment in your comments to the editors.
I am able to assess the statistics
Quality of written English
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:
Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited
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