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Encouraging Pregnant Women to Use Skilled Birth Attendants and Its Effects on Maternal and Newborn Health in Rural Bangladesh
Sponsor: Hiroshima University
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether encouraging pregnant women in rural Bangladesh to use a skilled birth attendant during childbirth can improve the health of mothers and newborns. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the encouragement increase the use of skilled birth attendants during childbirth? Does childbirth assisted by a skilled birth attendant lower health complications among mothers and newborns? Researchers randomly assigned pregnant women to an encouragement group or a comparison group. Women in the encouragement group received a flyer with information about childbirth facilities, skilled birth attendants, and ambulance contact details. Researchers collected information after childbirth to assess maternal and newborn health complications.
Official title: The Impact of Delivery at Hospital on Maternal and Newborn Health Outcome in Rural Bangladesh
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
Any - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
504
Start Date
2023-10-01
Completion Date
2024-04-04
Last Updated
2026-09-04
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Skilled Birth Attendant Encouragement Intervention
Participants assigned to the encouragement group received a flyer containing information about childbirth facilities, skilled birth attendants, and ambulance contact information to encourage the use of health facilities for childbirth. The intervention was intended to encourage childbirth with the assistance of a skilled birth attendant.
Locations (1)
Community-Based Study Sites in Rangpur Sadar and Kaunia
Rangpur City, Rangpur Division, Bangladesh