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Beyond provision of training and essential equipment and creating a system by which to document the outcomes of deliveries by the birth attendants, the study minimised oversight and contact with the birth attendants so as not to interfere with their routine delivery of obstetric care.
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Although the mother's education level is significant in determining the use of a skilled birth attendant, the study suggests that the partner's level of education is equally important.
This approach will reduce to a minimum extra activities associated with data collection by the birth attendants during the study.
Each cluster was defined as all babies delivered by a given birth attendant during the study, and roughly corresponded to the catchment area in which each birth attendant operated, although adjacent catchment areas often overlapped.
Two samples were collected per participant (palms and back of hands) and nine of the 10 participants were flight attendants (the 10th participant was a researcher who completed the same flight with one group of flight attendants enrolled in the study).
The analysis will be used to make recommendations on improving maternal health in Kenya and increasing the access and utilisation of skilled birth attendants.> The study was an analysis of secondary data for cross-sectional baseline survey conducted in August 2012 for an Amref Health Africa intervention project entitled Mama na Mtoto wa Afrika (Mother and Child of Africa).
Among 26 farm attendants interviewed during the study 14 (53.8%) have completed university education, whereas only 2 (7.7%) were illiterate.
During a public ceremony, witnessed by all the birth attendants and study staff, the participants individually took a slip from the box and the group allocation was announced to the whole group.
Seven control birth attendants were added during the study, establishing 60 intervention and 67 control clusters for analysis.
In addition, colleagues, peers, patients and their attendants were explained about the study and its objectives in simple and clear language and their informal input was sought.
Nor could we determine whether some deliveries that might otherwise have occurred at health centres were instead being carried out by the study birth attendants.
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