Highlights
As implemented, the CLIP intervention did not improve the primary composite outcome.
ASHAs and ANMs were able to undertake all aspects of the mobile health app-guided visits.
Women could not be reached in their communities as frequently as planned.
Eight or more POM-guided contacts were associated with fewer stillbirths supporting WHO guidance.
Community-level interventions are unlikely to improve outcomes without enhanced facility care.
Vaccines against COVID-19 are likely to be approved for children under 12 years in the near future. Understanding vaccine hesitancy in parents is essential for reaching herd immunity. A cross-sectional survey of caregivers in 12 emergency departments (ED) was undertaken in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. We compared reported willingness to vaccinate children against COVID-19 with an initial survey and post-adult COVID-19 vaccine approval. Multivariable logistic regression models were performed for all children and for those <12 years. A total of 1728 and 1041 surveys were completed in phases 1 and 2, respectively. Fewer caregivers planned to vaccinate against COVID-19 in phase 2 (64.5% and 59.7%, respectively; p = 0.002). The most significant positive predictor of willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 was if the child was vaccinated per recommended local schedules. Fewer caregivers plan to vaccinate their children against COVID-19, despite vaccine approval for adults, compared to what was reported at the peak of the pandemic. Older caregivers who fully vaccinated their children were more likely to adopt vaccinating children. This study can inform target strategy design to implement adherence to a vaccination campaign.
Highlights
Task-sharing activities to detect and manage pregnancy hypertension can be achieved by CHWs.
Community engagement activities can achieve a community-driven transport plan.
Intervention effects may have been masked by incomplete implementation or weak in-facility care.
Contact intensity analyses support the WHO eight contact antenatal care model.
Condition-focused community-based interventions without facility strengthening are inadequate.
Highlights
Task-sharing activities to detect and manage pregnancy hypertension can be achieved by CHWs.
Intervention effects may have been masked by incomplete implementation or weak in-facility care.
Contact intensity analyses support the WHO eight contact antenatal care model.
Condition-focused community-based interventions without facility strengthening are inadequate.
Background: Travel time to care is known to influence uptake of health services. Generally, pregnant women who take longer to transit to health facilities are the least likely to deliver in facilities. It is not clear if modelled access predicts fairly the vulnerability in women seeking maternal care across different spatial settings. Objectives: This cross-sectional analysis aimed to (i) compare travel times to care as modelled in a GIS environment with self-reported travel times by women seeking maternal care in Community Level Interventions for Pre-eclampsia: Mozambique, India and Pakistan; and (ii) investigate the assumption that women would seek care at the closest health facility. Methods: Women were interviewed to obtain estimated travel times to health facilities (R). Travel time to the closest facility was also modelled (P) (closest facility tool (ArcGIS)) and time to facility where care was sought estimated (A) (route network layer finder (ArcGIS)). Bland-Altman analysis compared spatial variation in differences between modelled and self-reported travel times. Variations between travel times to the nearest facility (P) with modelled travel times to the actual facilities accessed (A) were analysed. Log-transformed data comparison graphs for medians, with box plots superimposed distributions were used. Results: Modelled geographical access (P) is generally lower than self-reported access (R), but there is a geography to this relationship. In India and Pakistan, potential access (P) compared fairly with self-reported travel times (R) [P (H 0 : Mean difference = 0)] < .001, limits of agreement: [− 273.81; 56.40] and [− 264.10; 94.25] respectively. In Mozambique, mean differences between the two measures of access were significantly different from 0 [P (H 0 : Mean difference = 0) = 0.31, limits of agreement: [− 187.26; 199.96]]. Conclusion: Modelling access successfully predict potential vulnerability in populations. Differences between modelled (P) and self-reported travel times (R) are partially a result of women not seeking care at their closest facilities.
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