Educational messages on maternal and newborn care for pregnant women and mobile phones for village health workers (on birth preparation, caregiver practices, health-seeking behaviour and newborn illness) in Uganda (Ayiasi et al., 2016)

ID:

RMNCH062

Full title:

Effect of Village Health Team home visits and mobile phone consultations on maternal and newborn care practices in Masindi and Kiryandongo, Uganda: a community-intervention trial

Publication date:

01 February 2016

Maps:

Social, Behavioural and Community Engagement Interventions for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child Health

Social, Behavioural and Community Engagement Interventions for Newborn Health

Study design:

Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

Regions:

Sub-Saharan Africa

Countries:

Uganda

Population:

Care during pregnancy, childbirth and after childbirth

Infant feeding and nutrition

Interventions:

Home visits

Outcomes:

Caregiver practices

Routine care-seeking behaviour

Care-seeking for complications/illness

Maternal, newborn and child morbidity and disability

Link:

http://3ieimpact.org/en/evidence/impact-evaluations/details/5774/