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112 Results for: “group antenatal care”

Pregnancy Clubs: Group Antenatal Care in Uganda and Kenya

Beginning in 2016, Management Sciences for Health began testing the group antenatal care (ANC) model, called Pregnancy Clubs, in eastern Uganda; and later in 2017, the model was adapted for western Kenya. The ANC service design reflects many elements of the “generic model” put forward by J. Sharma et al…read more

Group Antenatal Care in Rwanda: A Master Trainer’s Perspective

Tiffany Lundeen, a midwife on the Preterm Birth Initiative-Rwanda team based at the University of California, San Francisco recently spoke with Yvonne Delphine Nsaba Uwera, a Rwandan midwife who serves as a master trainer of group care facilitators, about her observations of group care…read more

Exploring Group Antenatal Care in Low-Resource Settings

Research in high-income countries has shown that compared to the traditional one-on-one model of antenatal care (ANC), group ANC can offer positive health outcomes. To address the evidence gap in low-resource settings, researchers recently developed a “generic” model of group ANC for low- and middle-income countries and conducted a feasibility study in urban India…read more

Person-Centered Group Antenatal Care in Eastern Uganda: Reaching Women Through Pregnancy Clubs

Group antenatal care, initially developed in the U.S. several decades ago, is a promising model that responds to women’s health and information concerns during pregnancy. Management Sciences for Health is testing the feasibility and acceptability of person-centered, group antenatal care in the context of eastern Uganda…read more

Empowering Women Through Group-Based Antenatal Care

Empowerment of women has been a theme throughout the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference (GMNHC). Without the ability to choose and access the care she needs, a woman’s wellbeing and health is compromised. While it’s easy to speak of empowerment, how do we actually increase it? One solution was proposed in a GMNHC session on … Continue reading “Empowering Women Through Group-Based Antenatal Care”

Personalized maternal care intervention in a tribal community in India

Twenty percent of the 800 preventable maternal deaths occurring globally every day are from India. Research has amply demonstrated that maternal health service utilization is lowest among tribal groups than any other community in India due to the long distances from health facilities or their unavailability, cultural barriers, low educational level of women, and economic … Continue reading “Personalized maternal care intervention in a tribal community in India”