Dataset for "Involving male partners in maternity care in Burkina Faso: a randomized controlled trial"

Dataset and supplementary material collected as part of a public health intervention study. The study sought to determine whether intervention to involve male partners in maternity care of pregnant women influenced care-seeking, healthy breastfeeding and contraceptive practices after childbirth. The dataset includes baseline socio-demographic data on study participants, information about treatment arm assignment and adherence to the intervention, and health and behaviour outcomes in the postpartum period. It brings together data from four collection points: [1] the baseline interview, [2] the 3-month postpartum follow-up interview, [3] the 8-month postpartum follow-up interview, and [4] process data on attendance at the three intervention sessions. Also included are the informed consent form, the information sheet, and the three questionnaires for the baseline interview, 3-month and 8-month postpartum follow-up interviews. In a non-blinded, multicentre, parallel-group, superiority trial, 1144 pregnant women were assigned by simple randomization to two study arms: 583 entered the intervention arm and 561 entered the control arm. All women were cohabiting with a male partner and had a low-risk pregnancy. Recruitment took place at 20 to 36 weeks’ gestation at five primary health centres in Bobo-Dioulasso. The intervention comprised three educational sessions: (i) an interactive group session during pregnancy with male partners only, to discuss their role; (ii) a counselling session during pregnancy for individual couples; and (iii) a postnatal couple counselling session before discharge. The control group received routine care only. Data were collected through interviewer-administered questionnaires at three timepoints: enrolment (baseline), at 3 months postpartum (follow-up), and at 8 months postpartum (follow-up). Process data on adherence to the intervention were also collected from registers of session attendees, compiled and maintained by staff at the primary health centres. Data were collected on paper questionnaires, double-entered into EpiData and inconsistencies/errors solved by going back to the paper forms, under supervision of a data manager. Data were imported into STATA-14 for cleaning and analysis. Datasets for each interview were merged into a single dataset, together with the process data.