Table 1 Health education on birth preparedness and institutional delivery for spouses in the intervention group
Sessions 1 | Sessions 2 |
|---|---|
Occurred immediately after the pre-test | Occurred at 36 weeks of wives’ gestational age |
150 spouse attended and delivered one–to-one | 150 spouse attended and delivered one–to-one |
Recognition of danger signs of pregnancy and delivery and actions to take | Main messages on danger signs of pregnancy and delivery and birth preparedness reviewed |
Birth preparedness and complication readiness | Signs of normal labour |
All spouses counseled and send to donate blood (for complication readiness) | Importance of institutional delivery and spousal participation |
Summary of main messages and poster on danger signs of pregnancy and delivery given to each spouse to take home | Assessed for birth preparedness, if not prepared, spouses were counseled again |
Spouses were informed on the expected date of deliveries of their wives and when to come back for the second session | Blood donation was assessed and spouses that did not donate blood were counseled and send for blood donation again |