A digitalized program to improve antenatal health care in a rural setting in North-Western Burundi: Early evidence-based lessons.

ABSTRACT: In Burundi, the north-western region continues to grapple with the lowest level of antenatal care (ANC) attendance rate which is constantly about half the national average of 49% ANC4 coverage. Despite a dearth of empirical evidence to understand the determinants of this suboptimal attendance of ANC, widespread evidence informs that women forget scheduled ANC appointments. We designed and tested a digital intervention that uses a reminder model aimed at increasing the number of women who attend at least 4 ANC visits in this region. We enrolled a cohort of 132 pregnant women who were followed until childbirth using a single arm pre- and post-test design. The digital model builds on the collaboration between midwives or nurses, community health workers (CHWs), and pregnant women who are cent

SUBMITTER: Misago N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10109494 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature