Reduction of Home Deliveries in Kaoma District: Impact of Safe Motherhood Action Groups from 2020 to 2021
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Community-centered interventions, such as safe motherhood action groups (SMAGs), that focus on community members' involvement and participation are likely to be more accepted by local communities than vertical topdown interventions.Furthermore, community-based interventions are more likely to lead to desired health behavioral change and favorable health outcomes.Inadequate human resource for health where practically a patient may never see a physician, has prompted Zambian Ministry of Health (MOH) in 2003, to establish Safe Motherhood Action Groups (SMAGs) as part of a national safe motherhood program in view to increase the utilization of maternal healthcare services (MHS).Currently, in Kaoma district of Western Province, it is unknown how the SMAG program effectively impacts on reduction of home deliveries.Therefore, our study aims to assess the impact of safe motherhood action groups on home deliveries from 2020 to 2021.The study was quantitative in design and used standard data collection tools.A Causal Comparative method was used to establish the impact of safe motherhood action groups on home deliveries.The overall results indicate tremendous decrease of 198% in home deliveries.Following our results, we concluded that SMAG program, as a community intervention, effectively impacts on the reduction of home deliveries in Kaoma district.
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4403103575