Pregnancy and Childbirth
Conditions
Interventions
Routine Antenatal and Child Birth Care
Community Health Worker
Sponsors
USAID
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Women Pregnant or had a child birth or abortion in the past 6 months Study community resident for at least 3 months Willingness to stay in study community for at least 18 months Willing to be visited by Community Health Worker at home to provide messaging, Blood pressure measurement, HIV and Anemia testing Willing to respond to interviewer administered questionnaires
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Unwillingness to provide informed consent or assent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Intensified implementation of the VIMBA package improves the following maternal health behaviours by at least 14%, in the intervention communities, over 18 months: 1.Women attended to by a skilled health worker for reasons related to pregnancy at least four times during course of most recent pregnancy 2.Women who got skilled attendance at delivery of the most recent child. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Unmet need for skilled antenatal care in Jaana, Namisoke, Kitobo, Sserinya, Lulamba and Kachanga communities ;Unmet need for a skilled birth attendant at the most recent child birth in Jaana, Namisoke, Kitobo, Sserinya, Lulamba and Kachanga communities;Acceptability of Community Health Worker provided HIV testing and Counselling | — |
Countries
Uganda
Contacts
Public ContactAli Ssetaala
PhD Student
Outcome results
None listed