A process evaluation plan for assessing a complex community-based maternal health intervention in Ogun State, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite increased investment in community-level maternal health interventions, process evaluations of such interventions are uncommon, and can be instrumental in understanding mediating factors leading to outcomes. In Nigeria, where an unacceptably number of maternal deaths occur (maternal mortality ratio of 814/100,000 livebirths), the Community Level Interventions for Pre-eclampsia (CLIP) study (NCT01911494) aimed to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity with a complex intervention of five interrelated components. Building from previous frameworks, we illustrate a methodology to evaluate implementation processes of the complex CLIP intervention, assess mechanisms of impact and identify emerging unintended causal pathways.

Methods

The study was con

SUBMITTER: Sharma S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5371276 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature