Impact of group antenatal care (G-ANC) versus individual antenatal care (ANC) on quality of care, ANC attendance and facility-based delivery: A pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial in Kenya and Nigeria.

Lindsay GrenierStephanie SuhowatskyMark M KabueLisa M NoguchiDiwakar MohanShalmali Radha KarnadBrenda OngutiEunice OmangaAnthony GichangiJonesmus WambuaCharles WakaJaiyeola OyetunjiJeffrey M Smith

Published in: PloS one (2019)

G-ANC was associated with higher facility-based delivery rates in Nigeria, where those rates associated with individual ANC were low. In both Kenya and Nigeria it was associated with a higher proportion of women receiving quality ANC and higher frequency of ANC visits.

Keyphrases

quality improvement
healthcare
palliative care
pregnant women
study protocol
pain management
preterm birth
randomized controlled trial
clinical trial
insulin resistance