Improving sexual and reproductive health knowledge and practice in Mozambican families with media campaign and volunteer family health champions
Improving sexual and reproductive health knowledge and practice in Mozambican families with media campaign and volunteer family health champions
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DOI:
10.1136/fmch-2018-000089
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发表时间:
2019-12-01
影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
Mupueleque, Martins
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作者:
Pires, Paulo Henrique;Siemens, Ronald;Mupueleque, Martins
Objective To increase knowledge, attitudes and practice of sexual and reproductive health and family planning and to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality rates in Mozambique.Design An implementation research project's intermediate evaluation, applying two cross-sectional surveys. The surveys were planned for 316 subjects before and after interventions.Setting Research performed in Natikiri district of Nampula province in northern Mozambique, targeting a suburban and rural populations in their homes.Participants 452 people were surveyed (91 before, 361 after), all belonging to the Macua ethnic group.Interventions A media campaign (2 weekly radio spots, bimonthly theatre performances) was performed for 8 months (2017 to 2018) and family health champions' teachings (monthly home visits) performed for 3 months, on sexual and reproductive health and family planning. Outcome measures planned and measured were adolescent's and adult's knowledge, attitudes and practice about those. Data were analysed by gender, age group and frequencies, using a CI of 95% (p