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  • Title: Village contacts spread Safe Motherhood message in India.
    Journal: Safe Mother; 1993; (11):2. PubMed ID: 12286433.
    Abstract:
    In northwest India's Rajasthan state, where the infant mortality rate is 83/1000 live births and maternal mortality is 4/1000, the government organized a Village Contact Drive on Safe Motherhood. Close to 5000 health staff were trained and organized into groups of 5-6 women to visit clusters of villages. On their initial day in the village, health workers made contact with village leaders and organized meetings with women to explain the safe motherhood concept. To publicize the team's presence in the area, a march through the village was organized for the second day and team members went door to door, distributing immunization cards to pregnant women and informing them about available maternal-child health services. All pregnant women additionally received a physical examination, iron folate tablets, an a disposable delivery kit at a special clinic as well as counseling on the importance of prenatal care and child spacing. With the exception of the physical examination, these functions will be assumed by a safe motherhood contact person selected by the health team from each village. In many cases, this contact person is a traditional birth attendant or teacher. Evaluation of the Contact Drive, conducted by the Indian Institute of Rural Management, found increases in village women's knowledge of preparation for childbirth and decreases in their preference for deliveries assisted by traditional birth attendants or village elders.
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