Improving Maternal and Neonatal Care-seeking Through a Video-informed Training Session During the Third Trimester of Pregnancy

NCT07819201 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2026-19
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 800
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study is a randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of a video-informed training session on maternal and newborn health care seeking in rural Côte d'Ivoire.

Conditions

Maternal Health; Neonatal Health; Pregnancy; Postpartum Care

Keywords

Pregnancy; Maternal health; Stillbirth; Postpartum; Antenatal; Côte d'Ivoire; west Africa; Information intervention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of health care contacts as reported by women during endline survey

  Number of health care contacts that women have between enrollment in the study and 6 weeks postpartum, including antenatal care visits, childbirth, and postpartum care visits

  From enrollment to 6 weeks postpartum (measured 6-8 weeks after the end of pregnancy)

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Number of antenatal care visits as reported by women during endline survey

  Between enrollment and the end of pregnancy (measured 6-8 weeks after the end of pregnancy)

• Facility-based childbirth as reported by women during endline survey

  Measured 6-8 weeks after the end of pregnancy

• Number of postpartum visits as reported by women during endline survey

  From the end of pregnancy to 6 weeks postpartum (measured 6-8 weeks after the end of pregnancy)

• Average care-seeking knowledge scores among pregnant women and their partners

  Measured 6-8 weeks after the end of pregnancy

• Fetal movement counting as reported by women during endline surveys

  Measured 6-8 weeks after the end of pregnancy

Study Arms (2)

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

This group will not receive any intervention.

Information Video and Planning Session group

EXPERIMENTAL

This group will receive the study intervention, including an information video and planning session for the pregnant woman and her partner.

Other: Information video and planning session

Interventions

Information video and planning session OTHER

The study intervention is a video-informed information and planning session for health care during the third trimester, childbirth, and the first six weeks postpartum. In this intervention, a member of the study team will show information videos to pregnant women and her partner, summarizing key recommendations for health and health care seeking during the third trimester of pregnancy and the first six weeks following childbirth. After showing the videos, the study team member will guide the pregnant woman and her partner in a short discussion about planning for care-seeking during the third trimester and early postpartum period. This discussion will include quizzing on the content of the information videos and discussions of care-seeking plans together with the couple.

Information Video and Planning Session group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Currently pregnant
• Aged 15 years or older
• Live in the area served by the Taabo Health \& Demographic Surveillance System
• Estimated gestational age between 6 completed months of pregnancy and 8 completed months of pregnancy
• Aged 15 or older
• Married to or currently the main romantic partner of a woman who is enrolled in the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute: lead
• Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Cote d'Ivoire: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Cote d'Ivoire

Taabo, Côte d’Ivoire

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stillbirth

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Fetal Death; Pregnancy Complications; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urogenital Diseases; Death; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 8, 2026
• First Posted: September 14, 2026
• Study Start: September 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): May 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): May 1, 2027
• Last Updated: September 17, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: We plan to share IPD and supporting information at the time of publication.
• Access Criteria: IPD and supporting information will be made available on public repositories.

Locations

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