| Dimensions of access | ||
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 | Availability | Accessibility (geographical and financial) | Acceptability |
Education | Improves knowledge about available ANC services and type of services provided by different types of providers (private, public). | Improves knowledge about available health services that are closest to where women live and types of services provided at such health facilities. | Increases knowledge about benefits of ANC improving trust in biomedical care and reducing reliance on unreliable sources of information. |
Empowerment | Encourages women to be more proactive and obtain information on health services. | Increases women’s autonomy to improve their access to resources that impact on their geographical and financial access to services. | Increases women’s autonomy to enable them to communicate more effectively with health providers, improving the patient-provider relationship and the acceptability of services. |
mHealth tools | A platform to deliver messages to promote behavior change and improve uptake of ANC |