Pregnancy complications
Conditions
Interventions
The mobile phone App contains antenatal educational movie that teaches pregnant women and their family the importance of birth preparation and family integration to achieve safe delivery. The smartpho
Midwifery Up!"
aiming to update the knowledge of midwives so that they can provide proper information and care for pregnant women in timely manner. Midwifery Up! will contain movies to teach pregnant women about dan
Sponsors
Kyoto University
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The inclusion criteria for women are: currently pregnant with no severe physical and psychological illness, 16 years old or older, and able to reach Kiswahili. The health institution will be randomly assigned either the intervention group or the control group.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Those who are currently not pregnant, have physical and mental illness under treatment, are under 16, cannot understand Kiswahili language. Also, if a midwife does not own a smartphone, she will be excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The 38 items of the questionnaire include knowledge about safe pregnancy and danger signs, attitude toward behavior related to pregnancy and childbirth, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and intention for the childbirth. They will be measured at the baseline and the outcome approximately 3 months after the baseline. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mini quiz to measure knowledge improvement among nurses/midwives and 23 items on women-centered care. At the intervention, after nurses/midwives download the App, they can take pre-test, and they can take post-test one month after starting using the App. | — |
Countries
Africa
Contacts
Public ContactYoko Shimpuku
Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
Outcome results
None listed