Effect of a participatory multisectoral maternal and newborn intervention on birth preparedness and knowledge of maternal and newborn danger signs among women in Eastern Uganda: a quasi-experiment study

Abstract There is a growing body of research indicating that drones can disturb animals. However, it is usually unclear whether the disturbance is due to visual or auditory cues. Here, we examined the effect of drone flights on the behavior of great dusky swifts Cypseloides senex and white-collared swifts Streptoprocne zonaris in 2 breeding sites where drone noise was obscured by environmental noise from waterfalls and any disturbance must be largely visual. We performed 12 experimental flights with a multirotor drone at different vertical, horizontal, and diagonal distances from the colonies. From all flights, 17% caused <1% of birds to temporarily abandon the breeding site, 50% caused half to abandon, and 33% caused more than half to abandon. We found that the diagonal distance explained 98.9% of the variability of the disturbance percentage and while at distances >50 m the disturbance percentage does not exceed 20%, at <40 m the disturbance percentage increase to > 60%. We recommend that flights with a multirotor drone during the breeding period should be conducted at a distance of >50 m and that recreational flights should be discouraged or conducted at larger distances (e.g. 100 m) in nesting birds areas such as waterfalls, canyons, and caves.

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Effect of education using the virtual social network on the knowledge and attitude of emergency nurses of disaster preparedness: A quasi-experiment study

Nurse Education Today ◽

10.1016/j.nedt.2018.12.001 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 73 ◽

pp. 88-93 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Tahereh Najafi Ghezeljeh ◽

Jaleh Mohammad Aliha ◽

Hamid Haghani ◽

Naser Javadi

Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Disaster Preparedness ◽

Experiment Study ◽

Emergency Nurses ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

Quasi Experiment Study ◽

Quasi Experiment

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The impact of the use of response pad system on the learning of secondary school physics concepts: A Singapore quasi-experiment study

British Journal of Educational Technology ◽

10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00868.x ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 40 (5) ◽

pp. 848-860 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Wong Kin Mun ◽

Khe Foon Hew ◽

Wing Sum Cheung

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Experiment Study ◽

Physics Concepts ◽

The Impact ◽

Quasi Experiment Study ◽

Secondary School Physics ◽

Quasi Experiment

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Effect of the Critic’s Group Status and Length of Stay on Intergroup Sensitivity Effect

10.31227/osf.io/skry5 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Angga Yuni Mantara

Keyword(s):

Length Of Stay ◽

Group Membership ◽

Experiment Study ◽

Group Status ◽

Quasi Experiment Study ◽

Quasi Experiment

This study aims to determine the effect of group membership (outgroup, Ex-outgroup) and length of stay (long, short) to intergroup sensitivity effect (ISE). Earlier ISE studies only focused on outgroup and ingroup critics, and showed that outgroup critics tend to be rejected and perceived more negative than ingroup critic. This quasi-experiment study further examined critics from outgroup and ex-outgroup (N = 185, Mage = 21,58). ISE is measured by the degree of likeability, constructiveness, negativity, and agreeableness to critic from outgroup and ex-outgroup. We predict that critic from outgroup will reveal a stronger ISE than ex-outgroup critic who had stayed longer in Indonesia. The results showed that there are significant effects of group membership status to agreeableness, and length of stay to constructiveness. Furthermore, the interaction between the critic and length of stay affects only occurred when the speaker’s length of stay is short.

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Does knowledge of danger signs influence use of maternal health services among rural women? Findings from Babati Rural district, Northern Tanzania.

10.21203/rs.2.16594/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Edwin Joseph Shewiyo ◽

Minael G Mjemmas ◽

Faidha H Mwalongo ◽

Ester J. Diarz ◽

Sia E. Msuya ◽

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Keyword(s):

Antenatal Care ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Rural Women ◽

Rural District ◽

Birth Preparedness ◽

Care Providers ◽

Complication Readiness ◽

Obstetric Danger Signs ◽

Danger Signs ◽

Maternal And Newborn

Abstract Background Increasing knowledge on obstetric danger signs (DS) among pregnant women and their families is one of the interventions targeted to reduce maternal and newborn mortality. It is expected that knowledge in DS will lead to early care seeking once complications occur among women or newborns. Health care providers are required to educate women on DS of obstetric emergency during pregnancy, delivery and immediate-post-delivery. This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge on danger signs among rural women and its effect on antenatal care visits, birth preparedness and complication readiness (BPCR) and on use of skilled birth attendance (SBA) during childbirth.Methodology Community-based analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in July 2019 among women who delivered in the past 24 months in two wards at Babati Rural district, Tanzania. Questionnaire was used for data collection. Odds Ratio was used to assess association between knowledge on danger signs with use of services during pregnancy and childbirth.Results A total of 372 women were enrolled, with mean age of 28.5 years (S.D 7.2). All the women attended antenatal care at least once during pregnancy, 65.3% attended ANC 4 or more visits, 85.2% of women were assisted by SBA during childbirth, and 13.7% of the women had birth preparedness and complication readiness plan. Overall, 272 (73.1%) women reported that they were counseled about obstetric danger signs during antenatal clinic visits, but only 32% could mention three or more DS of obstetric and newborn emergency. Overall good knowledge of DS and knowledge of obstetric danger signs during pregnancy were significantly associated with 4 or more ANC visits and birth preparedness and complication readiness but not with SBA use during childbirth.Conclusion Majority of women were counseled on DS during pregnancy, however more than three quarters (68%) had low knowledge. Women who were knowledgeable on danger signs during pregnancy attended 4+ ANC visits and prepared for birth and its complications. There is a need of designing alternative models of engaging women during education/ counseling sessions so that they may have a higher retention of knowledge not only of danger signs but for other maternal and newborn health issues.

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Maternal and newborn healthcare practices: assessment of the uptake of lifesaving services in Hoima District, Uganda

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth ◽

10.1186/s12884-020-03385-x ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Geoffrey Babughirana ◽

Sanne Gerards ◽

Alex Mokori ◽

Elisha Nangosha ◽

Stef Kremers ◽

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Keyword(s):

Maternal Mortality ◽

Maternal Mortality Ratio ◽

Newborn Care ◽

Poor Quality ◽

Birth Preparedness ◽

Essential Newborn Care ◽

Complication Readiness ◽

Live Births ◽

Danger Signs ◽

Maternal And Newborn

Abstract Background The current maternal mortality ratio in Uganda is 336 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Infant mortality is 43 deaths per 1000 live births, with 42% of the mortality occurring during the neonatal period. This might be related to a weak health system in the country. This study aimed at assessing the uptake of lifesaving services during pregnancy and childbirth in Hoima District, Uganda. Methods The study used a cross-sectional quantitative design among 691 women with a child under 5 years. Households were randomly sampled from a list of all the villages in the district with the ENA for SMART software using the EPI methodology. Pre-coded questionnaires uploaded in the Open Data Kit were used for data collection. The data was cleaned and analysed using MS Excel and SPSS software. Descriptive results are presented. Results Of the 55.1% women attending at least four antenatal care (ANC) visits, only 24.3% had the first ANC within the first trimester. Moreover, ANC services generally was of poor quality, with only 0.4% meeting all the requirements for quality of ANC service. The highest contributors to this poor quality included poor uptake of iron-folic acid (adherence 28.8%), the six-required birth preparedness and complication readiness items (13.2%), and recognition of the seven danger signs of pregnancy (3.0%). Adherence to the seven essential newborn care actions was very low (0.5%), mainly caused by three practices: initiating breastfeeding within 1 h (59.9%), lack of postnatal care within 24 h (20.1%), and failure to recognize the 6 danger signs of the newborn (2.4%). Only 11.1% of the males participated in all maternal and newborn care requirements, by encouraging women to seek healthcare (39.9%), accompanying them to healthcare (36.9%), and HIV counselling and support services (26.2%). Conclusion The study reveals poor maternal and newborn practices throughout the continuum of care, from ANC and skilled birth attendance to newborn care during childbirth. With such poor results, it is not surprising that Hoima is sixth of 10 districts that have the highest numbers of deaths due to maternal mortality in Uganda.

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