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| Title |
Improving health literacy through group antenatal care: a prospective cohort study
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| Published in |
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, July 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12884-017-1414-5 |
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| Authors |
Jody R. Lori, Henrietta Ofosu-Darkwah, Carol J. Boyd, Tanima Banerjee, Richard M. K. Adanu |
| Abstract |
To examine whether exposure to group antenatal care increased women's health literacy by improving their ability to interpret and utilize health messages compared to women who received standard, individual antenatal care in Ghana. We used a prospective cohort design. The setting was a busy urban district hospital in Kumasi, the second most populous city in Ghana. Pregnant women (N = 240) presenting for their first antenatal visit between 11 and 14 weeks gestation were offered participation in the study. A 27% drop-out rate was experienced due to miscarriage, transfer or failure to return for follow-up visits, leaving 184 women in the final sample. Data were collected using an individual structured survey and medical record review. Summary statistics as well as two sample t-tests or chi-square were performed to evaluate the group effect. Significant group differences were found. Women participating in group care demonstrated improved health literacy by exhibiting a greater understanding of how to operationalize health education messages. There was a significant difference between women enrolled in group antenatal care verses individual antenatal care for preventing problems before delivery, understanding when to access care, birth preparedness and complication readiness, intent to use a modern method of family planning postpartum, greater understanding of the components of breastfeeding and lactational amenorrhea for birth spacing, and intent for postpartum follow-up. Group antenatal care as compared to individual care offers an opportunity to increase quality of care and improve maternal and newborn outcomes. Group antenatal care holds the potential to increase healthy behaviors, promote respectful maternity care, and generate demand for services. Group ANC improves women's health literacy on how to prevent and recognize problems, prepare for delivery, and care for their newborn. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 20 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 30% |
| Madagascar | 1 | 5% |
| Australia | 1 | 5% |
| France | 1 | 5% |
| Ireland | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 9 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 90% |
| Scientists | 1 | 5% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 346 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 346 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 57 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 33 | 10% |
| Researcher | 27 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 21 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 6% |
| Other | 67 | 19% |
| Unknown | 121 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 80 | 23% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 54 | 16% |
| Social Sciences | 31 | 9% |
| Engineering | 6 | 2% |
| Psychology | 5 | 1% |
| Other | 31 | 9% |
| Unknown | 139 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 June 2018.
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#2,566,802
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Outputs from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
#691
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#46,968
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#20
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