Addressing hidden barriers to institutional deliveries – a key intervention for reducing maternal mortality in poor rural Zambia
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Registration Number
- PACTR202212611709509
- Lead Sponsor
- WHO
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 5000
Inclusion Criteria
To be included in the study, women needed to be:
•Pregnant at any gestation and age. Ascent was obtained from the parents or legal guardians for the participants who were aged below 18 years
•Residing in the study site catchment area for at least 3 months. Pregnant women who were new in the area were excluded from the study
•Willing to participate
Exclusion Criteria
New in the area (less than 3 months)
Women with pregnancy complications
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome was the difference in the mean number of institutional deliveries in the intervention and the control regions over a one-year period from 1st January to 31st December 2014.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The secondary outcome measures were 1) delivery preparedness; 2) postnatal care service utilisation by mother and baby; 3) under-five clinic service utilisation, 4) knowledge about pregnancy danger signs