Effects of a community-level intervention on maternal health care utilization in a resource-poor setting of Northern Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to assess the effects of health education and community-level participatory interventions at the community level and the use of community maternal health promoters on the utilization of maternal health care services in poor rural settings of northern Ghana.

Methods

A randomized controlled survey design was conducted from June 2019 to July 2020 in two rural districts of northern Ghana. A multistage cluster sampling technique was used to select the participants. Data were collected from a repeated cross-sectional household survey. Descriptive analysis, bivariate and covariates adjusted simple logistic regression analyses were performed using STATA version 16 statistical software.

Results

At post-intervention, the two groups differed significa

SUBMITTER: Kassim AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10403908 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature