Universal home visits improve male knowledge and attitudes about maternal and child health in Bauchi State, Nigeria: Secondary outcome analysis of a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization recommends increased male involvement to improve maternal and newborn health in low- and middle-income countries, but few studies have measured the impact of male-engagement interventions on targeted men. A trial of universal home visits to pregnant women and their spouses in Nigeria improved maternal and child health outcomes. This analysis examines the impact of the visits on male spouses.

Methods

In Toro Local Government Area in Bauchi State, Nigeria, we randomly allocated eight wards into four waves, beginning the intervention at one-year intervals. The intervention comprised two-monthly evidence-based home visits to discuss local risk factors for maternal and child health with all pregnant women and their male spouses. Measured s

SUBMITTER: Cockcroft A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8818298 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature