Traditional Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony in a Rural Ethiopian Hospital to Increase Hospital-based Delivery Rates
- Conditions
- Birth SettingMaternal Health
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Postpartum coffee ceremony
- Registration Number
- NCT04232137
- Lead Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Brief Summary
This study evaluates if organizing a postpartum traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony will provide an incentive for our antenatal care patients to eventually deliver in our hospital. Patients are randomized to either receiving, or not receiving, a postpartum coffee ceremony for them and their relatives.
- Detailed Description
Ethiopia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, with an estimated maternal mortality ratio of 497 per 100,000 live births. Cultural factors contribute to the underutilization of maternal health services. In 2014, only 20% of our antenatal care patients delivered in our hospital. In order to increase health facility-based delivery rates, government-funded hospitals and health centers facilitate traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremonies after delivery. We hypothesized that organizing postpartum coffee ceremonies would motivate our antenatal care patients to deliver in our hospital and would thus increase the hospital-based delivery rate.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 439
- Pregnant patient
- First visit to antenatal care clinic
- Non-viable pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Coffee ceremony Postpartum coffee ceremony Antenatal care patients will be told on their first antenatal care visit that a postpartum coffee ceremony will be organized for them and up to 4 relatives
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hospital-based Delivery Rate Up to 9 months Percentage of antenatal care patients that deliver in the hospital
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Health Center or Health Post-delivery Rate Up to 9 months Percentage of antenatal care patients that deliver in an associated health center or health post