NCT03188250

Chama Cha MamaToto: a Pilot Study of Peer Support Groups in Kenya

Increasing Pregnancy Health Services Uptake Through Integrated Peer Support Groups in Kenya: A Prospective Cohort Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 515 (actual)
• Sponsor: Moi University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 15 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Preventing maternal and newborn deaths remain high on the global agenda. To address this, the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), in partnership with the Government of Kenya, launched Chama cha MamaToto, a community-led peer-support model that groups women together in pregnancy and infancy. Central to the chama approach is the integration of health, social and financial literacy education with a savings/loans program.

Detailed description

To evaluate the feasibility of chamas, we analysed group attendance rates, GISE participation, membership retention, and continuation of the groups beyond the one year. To evaluate the effect of chamas, the investigators compared data from a prospective cohort of women in chamas with a group of controls who did not belong to a chama, matched for age, parity, and location of prenatal care. To evaluate the acceptability of chamas, FGDs were carried out with chama and non-chama participants, health providers and community health workers.

Conditions

• Pregnancy Related
• Group, Peer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Chama cha Mamtoto	Chama cha Mamatoto is a community-based model of peer support group in pregnancy and infancy that combines health education, relationship building and a savings and loans program, led by community health workers

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-09-01
• Primary completion: 2014-06-01
• Completion: 2016-06-01
• First posted: 2017-06-15
• Last updated: 2017-06-15