Improving the Quality of Postpartum Care in Ghana: Protocol for a Parallel Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the postpartum period poses substantial risks and can result in significant maternal morbidity and mortality, postpartum care of the mother receives much less attention in transitional countries.

Objective

We describe the protocol for a randomized controlled trial to implement and evaluate a postpartum care delivery model titled Focused-PPC (Focused Postpartum Care).

Methods

Focused-PPC is an integrated group postpartum care model that meets the clinical care, education, and support needs of mothers up to 1 year after birth. The Focused-PPC intervention is a parallel randomized controlled trial with a total of 192 postpartum women at 4 health centers in Tamale, Ghana. Participants will be randomized into 1 of 2 trial arms at a 1:1 allocation ratio:

SUBMITTER: Adams YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10481215 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature