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Table 1 Education sessions for the teach-back group and the control group

From: Using the teach-back method to improve postpartum maternal-infant health among women with limited maternal health literacy: a randomized controlled study

Time

Approaches, techniques and tools

Topics

Goals

Control group

Teach-back Group

The day or the following day of admission before childbirth

Duration: 45mins

Group meeting with three women and one educator; power-point presentation; educational video clips; live demonstration; Q&A

Duration: 60mins

Group meeting with three women and one educator; power-point presentation; educational video clips; live demonstration; Q&A; teach-back

Birth mode; labor process and pain relief; newborn health and care (common health issues and care skills); perinatal diet and exercise; perinatal psychological health;

To help women understand and prepare for the labor

The day of discharge

Duration: 60mins

Group meeting with three women and one educator; power-point presentation; educational video clips; live demonstration; information booklet; Q&A

Duration: 75mins

Group meeting with three women and one educator; power-point presentation; educational video clips; live demonstration; information booklet; Q&A; teach-back

Postpartum recovery (e.g. pelvic floor function recovery and muscle training); postpartum maternal health; perineum care (diet, oral care, perineal care, and hygiene); breastfeeding; postpartum blue and depression; neonatal care (e.g. feeding, skin care, infantile touching, umbilical nursing, and neonatal bathing); neonatal screening tests; newborn vaccination; early child development

To help women understand postpartum health issues, get to know the ways of postpartum recovery and learn newborn care skills

Two-week postpartum

Duration: 20mins

Individual online discussion with one woman and one educator Q&A;

Duration: 30mins

Individual online discussion with one woman and one educator; Q&A; teach-back

No specific education topic was predefined

To help women address raised questions, difficulties and problems of postpartum recover and caring newborn