Maternal health
Conditions
Interventions
Husband and wife
Wife only (Standard of Care)
Sponsors
University of Malawi, College of Medicine, Malawi
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ¿ Women who will be pregnant and are 16 to 24 weeks gestation at booking. ¿ Women who have husbands and are living together. ¿ Women whose husbands are willing to be involved in antenatal education and are willing to come for antenatal couple education. ¿ Women who are willing to respond to the structured questionnaire at the beginning and finalization of the study. ¿ Women and husbands who are more than 18 years and are coming from the catchment area of the clinics.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: ¿ Women whose pregnancy is beyond 24 weeks. ¿ Women in polygamous relationship. ¿ Women who are single or married but do not stay with the male partner ¿ Women and husbands whose age is below 18 years. ¿ Women and men who received antenatal education not as husband and wife or those who received less than two couple antenatal education sessions.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of women prepared for birth | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Knowledge score on danger signs during pregnancy, labour and delivery and postpartum period. A woman will be considered knowledgeable if she mentions one obstetric danger sign during each of the period of maternity cycle (pregnancy, labour and delivery and postpartum period). | — |
Countries
Malawi
Contacts
Public ContactYohannie Mlombe
College of Medicine Ethics Committee Chairperson
Outcome results
None listed