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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Community mobilization and service strengthening to increase awareness and use of postabortion care and family planning in Kenya
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Volume 126, No. 1, Year 2014
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Objective To evaluate whether a community engagement and service-strengthening intervention raised awareness of family planning (FP) and early pregnancy bleeding (EPB), and increased FP and postabortion care (PAC) use. Methods The intervention was carried out in 3 communities in Kenya over 18 months; 3 additional communities served as the comparison group. A pre-post, contemporaneously controlled, quasi-experimental evaluation was conducted independently from the intervention. Results Baseline characteristics were similar. Awareness of FP methods increased (P ≤ 0.001) in the intervention group. The incidence of reported EPB (before 5 months of pregnancy) in the comparison group was 13.3% at baseline and 6.0% at endline (P = 0.02); 79% at baseline and 100% at endline sought care (P > 0.05). In the intervention group, recognition and reporting of EPB increased from 9.8% to 13.1% (P > 0.05); 65% sought PAC at baseline and 80% at endline (P = 0.11). The relative increase in EPB reports after the intervention was over 3 times greater in the intervention group (P ≤ 0.01). Conclusion The intervention raised FP and EPB awareness but not FP and PAC services use. As fewer comparison group respondents reported experiencing EPB, the PAC impact of the intervention is unclear. Mechanisms to improve EPB reporting are needed to avoid this reporting bias. © 2014 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Undie, Chi Chi
Kenya, Nairobi
Population Council Nairobi
van Lith, Lynn M.
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Wahome, Mercy W.
Kenya, Nairobi
Programs Division
Obare, Francis O.
Kenya, Nairobi
Population Council Nairobi
Oloo, Esther
Kenya, Nairobi
Programs Division
Curtis, Carolyn
United States
Bureau for Global Health
Statistics
Citations: 13
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.12.016
ISSN:
00207292
e-ISSN:
18793479
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Cohort Study
Quasi Experimental Study
Study Locations
Kenya