Impact of group antenatal care (G-ANC) versus individual antenatal care (ANC) on quality of care, ANC attendance and facility-based delivery: A pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial in Kenya and Nigeria.

Impact of group antenatal care (G-ANC) versus individual antenatal care (ANC) on quality of care, ANC attendance and facility-based delivery: A pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial in Kenya and Nigeria.

BACKGROUND:Low quality and frequency of antenatal care (ANC) are associated with lower uptake of facility-based deliveries-a key intervention to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality. We implemented group ANC (G-ANC), an alternative service delivery model, in Kenya and Nigeria, to assess its impact...

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Main Authors: Lindsay Grenier, Stephanie Suhowatsky, Mark M Kabue, Lisa M Noguchi, Diwakar Mohan, Shalmali Radha Karnad, Brenda Onguti, Eunice Omanga, Anthony Gichangi, Jonesmus Wambua, Charles Waka, Jaiyeola Oyetunji, Jeffrey M Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222177

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222177

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