Prenatal Education, Birthing Centers, Perinatal Care, Prenatal care.
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group: 174 pregnant women and 122 partners will receive four short text messages on cell phones, per week, from the fifth week of pregnancy until six weeks after delivery. Receiving the m
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Sponsors
Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto
Ana Carolina Arruda Franzon
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Pregnant women and their partners; volunteers; attending prenatal care at one of the 20 health facilities selected to perform the study; aged 18 years or older; with pregancy that presents last menstrual period between November 17th, 2014 and June 1st, 2015.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Not having access to a mobile phone capable of receiving short message service.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reduction of missed oportunities to care during prenatal follow-up, verified by a comparison between the group which receveid the intervention and the the group which received the standard prenatal care, from the observation of a change of at least 20% of the measurements of prevalence in each group. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increased levels of participant's satisfaction with prenatal and childbirth care, verified by a comparison between the group which receveid the intervention and the the group which received the standard prenatal care, from the observation of a change of at least 20% of the measurements of prevalence in each group. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactAna Carolina;João Paulo Franzon;Souza
Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto;Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto
Outcome results
None listed