The Effects Of Prenatal Health Education On Birth Preparedness And Complication Readiness Among Pregnant Women

Study setting: The study will be conducted from May 1 to November 2026 in the West Shewa Zone. Objectives: To measure the effect of health education on birth preparedness and complication readiness practice among pregnant women in the districts of the West Shewa Zone in 2026 (Stepped Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial) Null hypothesis (H₀): There will be no difference in the proportion of birth preparedness and complication readiness among pregnant women between intervention and control periods. Alternative Hypothesis (Ha): Health education intervention on BPCR will result in a significant increase in the proportion of well-prepared pregnant women in the intervention periods across all study sites. The study population will consist of randomly selected pregnant women in selected public health centers in Districts of west shewa zone. The west shewa zone districts were selected by simple random sampling methods .Ejere, Ejersa Lefo and Holota districts were selected using simple random sampling .Then Five health centers namely Yaya , Olankomi, Gorba ,Ejere and Gilgel kuyu health centers from three districts of west shewa zone were selected. Will be then randomized to time of crossover (step) using computer-generated sequences. Because of this, the study design involves a sequential rollout where all groups eventually receive the health education intervention aimed at evaluating birth preparedness and complication readiness changes. At the beginning, the five clusters were id…

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