Table 1.
Selected indicators to assess the effectiveness of the intervention on access to care, maternal and neonatal outcomes.
| Domain 1: access to healthcare | Definition |
|---|---|
| Antenatal care visits | Percentage of pregnant women who completed 4 or more antenatal care visits (ANC) based on the WHO recommendation (8) |
| Supplements intake | Percentage of pregnant women taking the all the required vitamins that a women should take including Folic acid, Iron, and Calcium (82, 83) |
| Ultrasounds images | Percentage of pregnant women who completed 2 or more ultrasounds images through their pregnancy period (84) |
| Lab test | Percentage of pregnant women who completed both the urine analysis and the available blood tests at their PHCs including Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS), blood group ± Rh, and CBC (85, 86) |
| Domain 2: maternal and neonatal outcomes | |
| Onset of delivery | Percentage of pregnant women who had term delivery; delivering their latest child after the week 37 (87) |
| Method of delivery | Percentage of pregnant women who had normal delivery |
| Abortion | Percentage of women who had abortion in their latest pregnancy before the week 22 (88) |
| Neonatal morbidities | Percentage of pregnant women who faced any neonatal complication including either neonatal intensive care admission (NICU admission), preterm delivery, iatrogenic preterm birth injury, low birthweight, and neonatal early death |
| Maternal complications | Percentage of pregnant women who had faced any maternal complication including either: gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes, perinatal depression, preterm labor, stillbirth, abortion, and post-partum hemorrhage |