Effects of a Community Outreach Program for Maternal Health and Family Planning in Tigray, Ethiopia
Asian Nursing Research
; : 223-230, 2018.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
| ID: wpr-716786
Biblioteca responsável:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
We examined the effects of a community outreach program for maternal health in Tigray, Ethiopia, on women's knowledge about pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum care, and family planning, and assessed their participation in antenatal care, postpartum checkups, institutional childbirth, and contraceptive use.METHODS:
We recruited Ethiopian women of reproductive age (15 to 49 years) in Tigray, Ethiopia. Two villages in Tigray, Kihen and Mesanu, which have similar population sizes and living environments, were chosen as the intervention and comparison groups, respectively. A two-group pretest-posttest design with cluster sampling was employed. We conducted self-report questionnaire surveys using face-to-face interviews. The 2.5-year community outreach program was developed based on Rogers' diffusion of innovation theory. It consisted of mass media use and health education for lay women in the community, along with training of health care providers, including nurses, midwives, and health extension workers, in maternal health care.RESULTS:
The intervention group showed significant increases in knowledge and behaviors regarding maternal health and family planning compared to the comparison group (p < .001). In particular, there was a dramatic increase from 10.8% to 93.5% in the institutional birth rate in the intervention group.CONCLUSION:
The community outreach program and health care professional training effectively improved knowledge and behaviors regarding maternal health in Ethiopian women. Mass media and interpersonal communication channels for health education may be useful health interventions in developing countries.
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Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Meta 3C Aumentar o financiamento da saúde e o recrutamento, desenvolvimento, formação e retenção da força de trabalho da saúde
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ODS3 - Meta 3.1 Reduzir a Mortalidade Materna
Problema de saúde:
Autoridade e Responsabilidade dos Profissionais de Saúde
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Cuidado Materno
Base de dados:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Cuidado Pós-Natal
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Coeficiente de Natalidade
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Educação em Saúde
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Densidade Demográfica
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Pessoal de Saúde
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Relações Comunidade-Instituição
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Atenção à Saúde
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Parto
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Países em Desenvolvimento
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Difusão de Inovações
Tipo de estudo:
Pesquisa qualitativa
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Revisão sistemática de estudos observacionais
Aspecto:
Determinantes sociais da saúde
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Gravidez
País/Região como assunto:
África
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Asian Nursing Research
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Artigo