HIV/AIDS Pregnancy and Childbirth
Conditions
Interventions
an invitation Card
Word of mouth invitation
Sponsors
National Commission for Science and Terchnology
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Pregnant women, until 30 weeks gestation. Gestation period is limited to 30 weeks to allow room for adequate evaluation of the strategy as they report for antenatal care. Ascertainment of gestational age will be through fundal height assessments and or calculating from the Last Normal Menstrual Period date. Pregnant women aged 16 years or older (and married) will be eligible because according to Malawian law, they are considered emancipated and are able to sign the consent form for themselves without parental consent. If unmarried then they have to be 18 years of age and above in order to be enrolled because 18 is the legal age in Malawi for informed consent Pregnant women must be attending antenatal care without a spouse. Planning to attend antenatal Care at the study clinic. Ability and willingness to provide informed consent before study participation Pregnant women with a male partner responsible for the current pregnancy Women should be willing to pass on the ¿invitation card¿ to the partner.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Postpartum women- Postpartum women will be excluded to avoid running the study for a long duration and also because there are only a few postpartum visits that postnatal women attend which may create a potential for loss to follow up in postpartum care. Pregnant women with gestation over 30 weeks. Gestation above 30 weeks will not offer adequate time for follow up to assess uptake of the intervention. Unwillingness to join the study. Unwillingness to comply with study visits. Women without a male partner. Women who attend antenatal care with their spouse.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| proportion of pregnant women that are accompanied by their partners at week 2 and week 6 of the study after receipt of an Invitation card from the Health Centre and the non-intervention study arm. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| proportion of male partners taking up HIV testing in both study arms at study week 2 and 6.;proportion of women taking up PMTCT services such as HIV testing, Antiretrovirals (ARVs) for PMTCT, Infant feeding Options in both arms at study week 2 and 6. | — |
Countries
Malawi
Contacts
Public ContactAlinane Linda Nyondo
Doctorate Student
Outcome results
None listed