Furthermore, outreaches from existing health care programs could utilize experienced fathers as a source of guidance to new fathers by providing birth and complications preparedness messages.
Birth preparedness and complication ready: A woman was considered as prepared for birth and its complication if she identified four and more components from birth preparedness complication readiness item [ 7].
The elements of the new model comprise the early detection and management of disease/abnormality, counselling on health promotion, counselling on birth preparedness, complication readiness and the development of an individual birth plan [ 10].
One of the most promising findings is that it appears that interventions related to birth preparedness and complication readiness have resulted in an increase in preparation, which seems to be serving to reduce the delay in deciding to seek services.
Although we measured the risk of maternal death in relation to formal school education, we advise health workers to hold educational sessions on health-related issues, delivery- and complication-preparedness, since every pregnancy is potentially at risk of complications.
Therefore, any interested researcher should conduct further study on quality of ANC in focus of birth preparedness and complication readiness to assess whether health professionals appropriately advise and provide health information concerning birth preparedness and complication readiness.
Knowledge of birth preparedness and complication readiness: A woman was considered knowledgeable if she can spontaneously mentioned at least 4 item of knowledge of birth preparedness and complication readiness question otherwise not knowledgeable.
Regarding some of the factors affecting birth preparedness and complication readiness, the study found educational status of the women, and ANC follow up has significant statistical association with birth preparedness and complication readiness.
The IEC addressed the danger signs of pregnancy complications, birth preparedness and complication readiness in an attempt to shorten delays through better awareness and promoting health facility deliveries.
An important element of this package is counselling on birth preparedness and complication readiness.
It is unclear whether knowledge of danger signs translates into improved birth preparedness and complication readiness.
