Universal Health Coverage
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims at providing insights into Universal Health Coverage and evaluates the impact of I-PUSH program on maternal healthcare utilization, financial protection and women's empowerment, as well as to evaluate the impact of the LEAP training tool on community health volunteers and women's health literacy including their knowledge, behavior and uptake of respective services.
Detailed description
The study will use a three-pronged approach: year-long weekly Financial and Health Diaries, Baseline and Endline surveys, and qualitative interviews. The Diaries and the Surveys will be carried out in two Counties, Kakamega and Kisumu (Kenya). The qualitative interviews will be carried out in the two counties and in Nairobi as an additional county. The study will use a cluster randomized control trial design in Kakamega to evaluate the impact of I-PUSH program. In Kisumu, selected households will be followed-up to capture the health-seeking behavior, health insurance, and health expenditure pattern of households over time. The study will be initially for 17 months and will continue for three years subject to additional funding.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALI-PUSH
Innovative partnership for universal and sustainable healthcare
Sponsors
Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development
PharmAccess
African Population and Health Research Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
15 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Targets for the intervention
Exclusion criteria
* Non-targets for the intervention
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health Care Utilization | 17 months | Financial and health diaries will be collected on a weekly basis throughout the indicated study period |
| Maternal, Newborn and Child Health outcomes through out the continuum of care | 17 months | Questionnaire based survey questions will be used to measure these outcomes |
Outcome results
None listed