The CHANGE Project developed a framework
and tools to identify behaviors related to women’s
use of skilled care and to increase this use during
delivery and the postpartum period. Research in Kenya,
Guinea and Bangladesh to test and adapt tools found
that women, families, communities and providers were
willing to try new practices and change behaviors that
result in increased use of skilled care. However, for
them to do so, maternal survival programs must work
with them to tailor activities to local contexts and
use an integrated approach that promotes a change in
behavior at the household, community and health facility.
The Maternal Survival Toolkit is a collection of innovative
tools and approaches for designing behavior
change interventions to improve maternal survival.
For each topic, there is a set of tools to help users
design and implement effective interventions.
- Seeking Skilled Care
Increasing women’s use of skilled care during
and after childbirth is the most crucial intervention
to reduce maternal deaths.
- Birth Preparedness
Being prepared for birth can help reduce the “universal
barriers” of cost, distance and transport, particularly
in settings where maternal mortality is high.
- Providing Skilled Care
The quality of maternal health services (particularly
the attitudes and behavior of providers) has an important
influence on women’s use of skilled care.
>>Maternal Survival: Improving Access to Skilled Care
A Behavior Change Approach
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Toolkit
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