Increase in institutional delivery and child immunisation coverage through an appreciative inquiry-based community dialogue intervention in Afghanistan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A community dialogue intervention with an appreciative inquiry approach was undertaken to improve institutional delivery and child immunisation coverage in a hard-to-reach province, namely, Kandahar, in Afghanistan. This study aimed to evaluate the intervention's effectiveness in promoting institutional delivery and child immunisation.

Study design

A pre-post intervention evaluation study.

Methods

An intervention and a non-intervention district were selected in Kandahar. Children aged under 5 years participated in surveys at baseline (October 2018) and follow-up (Post-intervention: November 2019). We analysed age, sex, place of birth, and confirmed immunisation coverage data concerning 1046 and 927 children pre- and post-interventions, respectively. Changes

SUBMITTER: Hemat S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10582473 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature