Health promotion for childbearing women in Rubanda, Uganda.
A train-the-trainer intervention, based on the World Health Organization's Safe Motherhood Initiative, was successful in changing some health beliefs and health practices among village men and women of childbearing age in a remote area of Uganda. Specifically, more villagers reported attending postpartum care and beginning prenatal care earlier in pregnancy. Some beliefs were not changed (eg, belief in bewitchment), but some beliefs (eg, use of herbal medicines during labor) were not as widely held as a result of this cost-effective and easily sustainable program.
Gennaro
Susan
S
School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Dugyi
Edith
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Doud
Joan Marie
JM
Kershbaumer
Rose
R
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000523:psychology; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000379:methods; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012107:Research Design; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014454:Uganda; D014944:World Health Organization