Experiences with Pregnancy During COVID-19
According to UNICEF, more than 100 million babies will be born during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mothers like you will deliver their newborns during a new reality, including such things as curfews, COVID-designated health centres, the need to wear masks, and a call for social distancing. Although evidence suggests that pregnant mothers are not infected at a higher rate by COVID-19 than others, It is not known how pregnant women are thinking about these issues. That is why we are asking you to fill out this short survey. We are researchers from the Ghana Health Service, the University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University and Oakland University in the United States. We would like to ask you some questions about you, your pregnancy, and how the COVID-19 pandemic may or may not be affecting you.
This is a short, 10- to 15-minute survey. We will not collect any information to identify you, so your answers will be anonymous. This means we will not ask you any questions about your name or identity, and we will not try to track responses based on the phone or computer used to fill out the survey. You do not have to participate, and you can stop at any time. You can skip any questions you would rather not answer. If you wish to stop the survey, close the browser window, and your responses will not be saved. Your responses will not be saved until you click the “SUBMIT” button at the end of the survey.
We cannot offer any direct benefit for your participation, but we hope your responses can be used to develop better resources for pregnant women like you. The information you give us will be saved into a database, analyzed, and written up for publication and presentation to the Ghana Health Service.
This survey was reviewed and approved by the Ghana Health Service, GHS-ERC 005/05/20. For more information about this project, you can contact Dr. John Williams at the Dodowa Health Research Centre (024 475 5358) or the ERC administrator for clarification on ethical issues and rights to participation (Nana Abena Apatu 0503539896). Thank you for your participation!
John Williams, Dodowa Health Research Centre, Ghana
Cheryl Moyer, Jody Lori, Sarah Compton, University of Michigan, USA
Emma Sacks, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Kwame Sakyi, Oakland University, USA