| For many years, safe motherhood programs
have encouraged timely use of skilled care for obstetric
emergencies by providing information and education about
danger signs, how to recognize when complications progress
to true emergencies and where to go for skilled care.
The CHANGE Project's approach to increasing skilled
careseeking builds on lessons learned and adds other
elements that influence household careseeking. These
include "contextual domains" that relate to
cultural and social norms, religious and spiritual beliefs
and gender relations. Experience has shown that increasing
careseeking or the demand for skilled care is complex
and involves more than knowledge of danger signs. |
