This study is a randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of a video-informed training session on maternal and newborn health care seeking in rural Côte d'Ivoire.
Currently pregnant
Aged 15 years or older
Live in the area served by the Taabo Health & Demographic Surveillance System
Estimated gestational age between 6 completed months of pregnancy and 8 completed months of pregnancy
None
Parallel
Information video and planning session
Other interventionThe study intervention is a video-informed information and planning session for health care during the third trimester, childbirth, and the first six weeks postpartum. In this intervention, a member of the study team will show information videos to pregnant women and her partner, summarizing key recommendations for health and health care seeking during the third trimester of pregnancy and the first six weeks following childbirth. After showing the videos, the study team member will guide the pregnant woman and her partner in a short discussion about planning for care-seeking during the third trimester and early postpartum period. This discussion will include quizzing on the content of the information videos and discussions of care-seeking plans together with the couple.
Number of health care contacts as reported by women during endline survey
Number of health care contacts that women have between enrollment in the study and 6 weeks postpartum, including antenatal care visits, childbirth, and postpartum care visits
Number of antenatal care visits as reported by women during endline survey
Number of antenatal care visits
Facility-based childbirth as reported by women during endline survey
Proportion of women who gave birth in a health facility
Number of postpartum visits as reported by women during endline survey
Number of postpartum care visits between the end of pregnancy and 6 weeks postpartum
Average care-seeking knowledge scores among pregnant women and their partners
Average scores (among pregnant women and their partners) on assessments of knowledge of care-seeking recommendations during the third trimester and the early postpartum period, as measured using five questions during endline surveys with pregnant women and their partners. We create a Care-Seeking Knowledge Scale as follows: Participants receive 1 point if they respond with 3 or more when asked how many postpartum visits women should have during the first 6 weeks after childbirth; 1 point if they correctly name at least 3 danger signs for women during pregnancy; 1 point if they correctly name at least 3 danger signs for women during the first six weeks after childbirth; and 1 point if they correctly name at least 3 danger signs for newborns. Scores range from 0 to 4 with higher scores representing greater knowledge.
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Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Lead sponsor
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Cote d'Ivoire
Collaborator
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