The knowledge of danger signs of obstetric complications among women in rural India: evaluating an integrated microfinance and health literacy program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal mortality can be prevented in low-income settings through early health care seeking during maternity complications. While health system reforms in India prioritised institutional deliveries, inadequate antenatal and postnatal services limit the knowledge of danger signs of obstetric complications to women, which delays the recognition of complications and seeking appropriate health care. Recently, a novel rapidly scalable community-based program combining maternal health literacy delivery through microfinance-based women-only self-help groups (SHG) was implemented in rural India. This study evaluates the impact of the integrated microfinance and health literacy (IMFHL) program on the knowledge of maternal danger signs in marginalised women from one of India's mo

SUBMITTER: Ahmad D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7824939 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature