Increasing institutional deliveries among antenatal clients: effect of birth preparedness counselling.

ABSTRACT: The World Health Organization recommends birth and emergency preparedness (BEP) as essential components of the Focused Antenatal Care model. The purpose of providing BEP messages to women during their antenatal visits is to increase the use of skilled attendance at childbirth. However, the effectiveness of this component has not yet been clearly established in routine contexts. This retrospective cohort study examined the association between exposing women to BEP messages during antenatal visits and the use of the skilled attendance at childbirth in two rural districts of Burkina Faso (Koupela and Dori). The study included 456 antenatal care users in 30 rural health centres in these two districts. Data were collected using modified questionnaires from the Johns Hopkins Program for Internat

SUBMITTER: Soubeiga D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4256950 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature