Maternal Health
Conditions
Keywords
non-monetary incentive, institutional delivery
Brief summary
This study measured the impact and cost-effectiveness of a low-cost, non-monetary incentive (mama kit) on rural facility delivery rates in Zambia.
Detailed description
This clustered randomized controlled trial assessed the impact of providing a package of childcare items (a cloth, baby diaper, and blanket) to women conditional upon delivering at a facility on facility delivery rates in rural Serenje and Chadiza Districts in Zambia. Facilities were randomized to either provide the intervention or not. Facility-level antenatal care (ANC) and delivery registers were used to measure the percentage of women attending antenatal care who delivered at a study facility during the intervention period. Results from the trial were then used to model the cost-effectiveness of mama kits at-scale in terms of cost per death averted.
Interventions
OTHERMama kit
A low-cost non-monetary incentive (mama kit) was provided to all women who delivered at the facility between June 1, 2013 - Aug 31, 2013. Women were told about the intervention during ANC, and safe motherhood groups in the community promoted the intervention in the catchment areas of the treatment facilities.
Sponsors
Ministry of Health, Zambia
Minister of Community Development, Mother and Child Health, Zambia
UNICEF
Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc.
IDinsight
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Had an antenatal care record at one of the study facilities * Had an estimated date of delivery (as measured by estimated date of last menstrual period, estimated date of delivery, or estimated gestational age in weeks as recorded in the antenatal care register) between June 1, 2013 - Aug 31, 2013.
Exclusion criteria
* Did not have an antenatal care record at one of the study facilities * Had an estimated date of delivery outside of the intervention window (June 1, 2013 - Aug 31, 2013)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Facility delivery ratios | At delivery, up to 10 months after the first antenatal care visit date | Administrative data were used to measure the outcome. Antenatal care and delivery records were linked across registers. Women who had attended ANC and were linked to a record in the registry was counted as having delivered at a facility. |
Outcome results
None listed