A maternal and child health (MCH) education intervention will be piloted in Bugembe, Jinja District, Uganda, in the summer and fall of 2022. The intervention will train Ugandan village health volunteers, otherwise called Village Health Teams (VHTs), in MCH topics. Once the VHTs are trained under the intervention, the VHTs will be encouraged and directed to revitalize making routine home visits to pregnant women in their villages for sensitization and MCH education.

This study, independent of the intervention, will specifically aim to analyze the efficacy of the MCH education intervention. It will analyze changes in knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) in maternal and child health decisions and behaviors among pregnant women enrolled in the pilot at pre-intervention and post-intervention, which will be conducted soon after their delivery. The KAP model will assess the change in participants’ knowledge of MCH topics (Knowledge), perspective and willingness for healthy MCH practices (Attitude), and behavior towards antenatal care frequency, birth preparedness, and facility-based deliveries (Practice) in the effect of the intervention.

Thus, this study aims to assess the effects of change in KAP on pregnant women in Jinja, Uganda, by distributing pre- and post-intervention surveys to sampled pregnant and postpartum women enrolled in the pilot program.