Improving antenatal care (ANC) utilization through a low cost community intervention among pregnant women in rural villages in Laos
- Conditions
- Promotion of maternal and neonatal healthPregnancy and ChildbirthOther obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN18507293
- Lead Sponsor
- Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation (Sida) / Department for Research Cooperation (SAREC) (Sweden)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 181
Two provinces were selected and in each two districts were selected based on information from provincial health directors according to the study group?s criteria:
1. Geographically separate and with different economic standards
2. Ten villages were then randomly selected from each district: five with health centers and five without health centers but within their respective catchment area
3. The respondents are the women aged 15-49 years who were currently pregnant at the time of the pre-intervention and post-intervention interviews, respectively, with a reported gestational length of 32 weeks or more, or who had recently given birth (during the last year for the pre-intervention survey, and during the last six months for the post-intervention survey)
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference in overall ANC use as reported by the interviewed women and checked with the ANC record booklet
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Difference in the proportions of women making at least the recommended four ANC visits, as reported by the women and checked with the ANC record booklet<br>2. Difference in the proportion of women making their visits at health centres, as reported by the women and checked with the ANC record booklet