Talking health: trusted health messengers and effective ways of delivering health messages for rural mothers in Southwest Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Access to trusted health information has contribution to improve maternal and child health outcomes. However, limited research to date has explored the perceptions of communities regarding credible messenger and messaging in rural Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to explore sources of trusted maternal health information and preferences for the mode of delivery of health information in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia; to inform safe motherhood implementation research project interventions.

Method

An exploratory qualitative study was conducted in three districts of Jimma Zone, southwest of Ethiopia, in 2016. Twelve focus group discussions (FGDs) and twenty-four in-depth interviews (IDIs) were conducted among purposively selected study participants. FGDs and IDIs were cond

SUBMITTER: Asfaw S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6383212 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature