A radio-education intervention to improve maternal knowledge of obstetric danger signs
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether a radio-education intervention (REI) is associated with improved maternal knowledge of pregnancy danger signs (PDS) in Nicaragua. METHODS: This cross-sectional pilot study used pretests and posttests to evaluate whether an REI was associated with improved knowledge of P...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:6f12f42c3c884d78a53bef42e6b241e1 2023-05-15T15:12:41+02:00 A radio-education intervention to improve maternal knowledge of obstetric danger signs Kari A. Radoff Amy J. Levi Lisa M. Thompson 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/6f12f42c3c884d78a53bef42e6b241e1 EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892013001000001&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 1020-4989 https://doaj.org/article/6f12f42c3c884d78a53bef42e6b241e1 Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 34, Iss 4, Pp 213-219 (2013) Mortalidad materna educación en salud Nicaragua Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2013 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-30T20:56:29Z OBJECTIVE: To examine whether a radio-education intervention (REI) is associated with improved maternal knowledge of pregnancy danger signs (PDS) in Nicaragua. METHODS: This cross-sectional pilot study used pretests and posttests to evaluate whether an REI was associated with improved knowledge of PDS among 77 pregnant and postpartum women in Nicaragua. RESULTS: The total number of PDS identified by study participants increased from 130 before the intervention to 200 after the intervention, an increase of 53.8% (Wilcoxon signed-rank test (z) = -4.18; P < 0.00001). The three PDS for which participant knowledge increased significantly after the intervention were 1) swelling of the face and hands, 2) convulsions, and 3) vaginal bleeding. Participants who 1) reported having a sister who had experienced a pregnancy complication, 2) lived in an urban setting, and 3) had more than a sixth-grade education were significantly more likely to score higher on posttests related to knowledge of PDS than those without those attributes (90.9% versus 56.9% [Χ² (degrees of freedom) = 4.60 (1); P = 0.043; n = 76]; 75% versus 45.9% [Χ² = 6.8 (1); P = 0.009; n = 77]; and 62.5% (12+ years education) versus 79.3% (6-12 years) versus 50.0% (0-6 years education) versus 25.0% (no education) [Χ² = 8.11 (1); P = 0.044; n = 77] respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Exposure to the REI was associated with a significant increase in the ability to identify PDS. Further studies should establish whether this increase in knowledge of PDS is associated with increases in use of maternity care services and decreases in delays in seeking care. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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OBJECTIVE: To examine whether a radio-education intervention (REI) is associated with improved maternal knowledge of pregnancy danger signs (PDS) in Nicaragua. METHODS: This cross-sectional pilot study used pretests and posttests to evaluate whether an REI was associated with improved knowledge of PDS among 77 pregnant and postpartum women in Nicaragua. RESULTS: The total number of PDS identified by study participants increased from 130 before the intervention to 200 after the intervention, an increase of 53.8% (Wilcoxon signed-rank test (z) = -4.18; P < 0.00001). The three PDS for which participant knowledge increased significantly after the intervention were 1) swelling of the face and hands, 2) convulsions, and 3) vaginal bleeding. Participants who 1) reported having a sister who had experienced a pregnancy complication, 2) lived in an urban setting, and 3) had more than a sixth-grade education were significantly more likely to score higher on posttests related to knowledge of PDS than those without those attributes (90.9% versus 56.9% [Χ² (degrees of freedom) = 4.60 (1); P = 0.043; n = 76]; 75% versus 45.9% [Χ² = 6.8 (1); P = 0.009; n = 77]; and 62.5% (12+ years education) versus 79.3% (6-12 years) versus 50.0% (0-6 years education) versus 25.0% (no education) [Χ² = 8.11 (1); P = 0.044; n = 77] respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Exposure to the REI was associated with a significant increase in the ability to identify PDS. Further studies should establish whether this increase in knowledge of PDS is associated with increases in use of maternity care services and decreases in delays in seeking care. |
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Kari A. Radoff Amy J. Levi Lisa M. Thompson |
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A radio-education intervention to improve maternal knowledge of obstetric danger signs |
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A radio-education intervention to improve maternal knowledge of obstetric danger signs |
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A radio-education intervention to improve maternal knowledge of obstetric danger signs |
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A radio-education intervention to improve maternal knowledge of obstetric danger signs |
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