Table 1 Studies detailing interventions promoting awareness of women’s rights for maternity care services with reported specified health outcomes (N = 4)
# | Study | Study type and quality Document type | Setting | Nature of intervention/initiative/project | Reported health outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pandey, Sehfal, Roboud, Levine & Goyal 2007 | -Cluster randomized trial -Strong quality Journal article | Uttar Pradesh, India Study in 105 village clusters across 21 districts; Intervention with 22,495 households in 55 village clusters across 11 districts | 4–6 public meetings during two visits spaced 2 weeks apart to disseminate information about entitled health and education services and village governance | ANC increase |
2 | Bjorkman & Svensson 2009 | -Cluster randomized trial -Moderate quality Journal article | Uganda Rural Uganda, 4 regions, 9 districts; Study included 50 communities. Intervention with approximately 55,000 households in 25 communities | A community score card process with a week of meetings when communities and health facility staff review local priorities and action plans and agree on contracts monitored by communities, revisited in meetings 6 months later | ANC increase (not statistically significant) Facility delivery increase |
3 | Ganju, Khanna, Taparia & Hardikar 2014 | -Participatory action research -Weak quality Newsletter article | Gujarat, India Intervention with 10,374 people in 12 villages in two districts | Over 2 years local volunteers visit families and prospectively fill a monitoring tool for every woman once during pregnancy and once during post-partum. A report card is developed to dialogue with different stakeholders and support local action. | ANC increase Facility delivery increase |
4 | Sinha 2008 | -Pre- and post-intervention design -Weak quality Working paper | Andhra Pradesh, India Intervention with approximately 40,000 people in 37 villages and poor area of headquarter village in 1 district; | Over 15Â months awareness raising and community support for pregnant women through local government and youth committees; involvement of their families through monthly meetings; and home visits by a community organizer who worked with families to create a birth preparedness plan and support access to care. | ANC increase Facility delivery increase |