Impact of group prenatal care on key prenatal services and educational topics in Malawi and Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine whether group prenatal care (PNC) increased key services and educational topics women reported receiving, compared with individual PNC in Malawi and Tanzania.

Methods

Data come from a previously published randomized trial (n=218) and were collected using self-report surveys. Late pregnancy surveys asked whether women received all seven services and all 13 topics during PNC. Controlling for sociodemographics, country, and PNC attendance, multivariate logistic regression used forward selection to produce a final model showing predictors of receipt of all key services and topics.

Results

In multivariate logistic regression, women in group PNC were 2.49 times more likely to receive all seven services than those in individual care (95% confidence inter

SUBMITTER: Liese KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8073885 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature