Impact of a bottom-up community engagement intervention on maternal and child health services utilization in Ghana: a cluster randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ghana is among African countries not likely to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) three (3) target of reducing maternal mortality to 70 per 100,000 live births by the year 2030 if maternal and child health services utilization are not improved. Community engagement in health is therefore advocated to help address this challenge. This study evaluated the impact of a community engagement intervention on maternal and child health services utilization in Ghana.

Methods

This study was a cluster randomised trial among primary healthcare facilities (n = 64) in the Greater Accra and Western regions in Ghana. Multivariate multiple regression analysis and paired-ttest were used to determine impact of the community engagement intervention on maternal and child he

SUBMITTER: Alhassan RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6588841 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature