Pregnant women – Behavior Change Impact

Alhassan, Y., Otiso, L., Okoth, L., Murray, L., Hemingway, C., Lewis, J. M., Oguche, M., Doyle, V., Muturi, N., Ogwang, E., Barsosio, H.C., Taegtmeyer, M. (2024). Four antenatal care visits by four months of pregnancy and four vital tests for pregnant mothers: Impact of a community-facility health systems strengthening intervention in Migori County, Kenya. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 24(1), 224.

Muriithi, F. G., Banke-Thomas, A., Forbes, G., Gakuo, R. W., Thomas, E., Gallos, I. D., Devall, A., Coomarasamy, A., Lorencatto, F. (2024). A systematic review of behaviour change interventions to improve maternal health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. PLOS Global Public Health, 4(2), e0002950.

Onyinyechi, O. M., Nazan, A. I. N. M., & Ismail, S. (2023). Effectiveness of health education interventions to improve malaria knowledge and insecticide-treated nets usage among populations of sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Public Health, 11.

Orji, B. C., Bryce, E., Odio, B., Onuoha, H. E., Njoku, E., Anoke, C., Ugwa, E., Enne, J., Oniyire, A., Otolorin, E., Afolabi, K., Ogbulafor, N.C., Oliveras, E. (2022). Retrospective evaluation of referral by community health workers on the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment of Malaria in pregnancy in Ohaukwu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 22(1), 1-11.

Balami, A. D., Said, S. M., Zulkefli, N. A. M., Norsa’adah, B., & Audu, B. (2021). Improving malaria preventive practices and pregnancy outcomes through a health education intervention: A randomized controlled trial. Malaria Journal, 20(1), 55

Abamecha, F., Sudhakar, M., Abebe, L., Kebede, Y., Alemayehu, G., & Birhanu, Z. (2021). Effectiveness of the school-based social and behaviour change communication interventions on insecticide-treated nets utilization among primary school children in rural Ethiopia: a controlled quasi-experimental design. Malaria Journal, 20(1), 1-15

Kumar, R., Farzeen, M., Hafeez, A., Achakzai, B. K., Vankwani, M., Lal, M., Iqbal, R., Somrongthong, R. (2020). Effectiveness of a health education intervention on the use of long-lasting insecticidal nets for the prevention of malaria in pregnant women of Pakistan: a quasi-experimental study. Malaria Journal 19:232.

Yaya, S., Uthman, O.A., Amouzou, A., Bishwajit, G. (2018). Mass media exposure and its impact on malaria prevention behaviour among adult women in sub-Saharan Africa: results from malaria indicator surveys. Global Health Research and Policy, 3:20.

Cohen, J., Indrani, S. (2018). The impact of packaging and messaging on adherence to malaria treatment: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda. Journal of Development Economics, 134:68-95.

Lal, S., Ndyomugenyi, R., Paintain, L., Alexander, N.D., Hansen, K.S., Magnussen, P., Chandramohan, D., Clarke, S.E. (2018). Caregivers’ compliance with referral advice: evidence from two studies introducing mRDTs into community case management of malaria in Uganda. BMC Health Services Research, 18:31.