Effect of community health education on mothers' knowledge of obstetric danger signs and birth preparedness and complication readiness practices in southern Ethiopia: A cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Increasing knowledge of obstetric danger signs (ODS) and encouraging birth preparedness and complication readiness (BPCR) practices are strategies to increase skilled maternal health service utilization in low-income countries. One of the methods to increase mothers' knowledge about ODS and promote BPCR practice is through health education intervention (HEI). However, the effect of context-specific community-based health education led by women's groups on these outcomes has yet to be comprehensively studied, and the existing evidence is inconclusive. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the effect of a context-specific community-based HEI led by women's groups on mothers' knowledge regarding ODS and BPCR practices in southern Ethiopia.

Methods

An open-label, two-arm paral

SUBMITTER: Yoseph A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11602057 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature