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Effect of Culturally Tailored Health Education on Postnatal Care Use Among Postpartum Women in Ethiopia

NCT07095296 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 864

Last updated 2025-12-03

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Summary

This clinical study aims to find out if a redesigned health education program-one that respects local cultural beliefs and is based on well-known behavior change theories-can help improve how well mothers care for their newborns and how often they use postnatal care services. The main hypothesis is that culturally tailored health education provided by trained midwives will lead to: 1. Increased use of postnatal care services by mothers after childbirth, and 2. Improved knowledge among mothers about how to care for their newborns.

In the study, midwives will first be trained in how to provide this culturally appropriate health education. Then, the trained midwives will deliver four health education sessions-once a month-to pregnant women during their regular antenatal (before birth) visits at health facilities.

Conditions

  • Intervention

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Health Education

The intervention-a culturally tailored and redesigned health education-will be guided by established behavioral theories, namely the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) and implemented in a culturally sensitive manner. The TPB focuses on attitudes toward utilizing PNC services, the influence of subjective norms such as cultural norm, and their perceived behavioral control including transportation (34), while SCT emphasizes self-efficacy, social modeling, and reinforcement(35). Both TPB and SCT have been extensively validated in various health behavior studies, supporting their relevance and applicability in this context(36, 37). Our intervention will consist of a structured training foe health extension worker and mentorship program. The intervention package, including the training curriculum and implementation manual, will be developed in accordance with guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Federal Ministry

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-12-31
Primary Completion
2025-12-31
Completion
2026-07-31

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