Measures of strength for maternal health programs in 55 developing countries: The MNPI study

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-70

  Ross, John A ^a   Begala, Jane E ^a  

^a Futures Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Maternal health; Neonatal health; Program effort; Services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 21444435753     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-005-2548-z     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Ross JA, Campbell OMR, Bulatao RA. The maternal and neonatal programme effort index (MNPI). Trop Med Int Health 2001;6(10):787-98.
2. Bulatao RA, Ross JA. Rating maternal and neonatal health services in developing countries. Bull World Health Organ 2002;80:721-7.
3. Bulatao RA, Ross JA. Which health services reduce maternal mortality? Evidence from ratings of maternal health services. Trop Med Int Health 2003;8(8):710-21.
4. Ross JA, Stover J. The family planning program effort index: 1999 cycle. Int Fam Plann Persp 2001;27(3):119-229.
5. UNAIDS, USAID, and the POLICY Project. Measuring the level of effort in the national and international response to HIV/AIDS: The AIDS programme effort index (API): Summary report. 2001;United Nations and The Futures Group International.
6. Bulatao RA, Ross JA. Dimensions of ratings of maternal and neonatal health services: A factor analysis. Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina web page. Document number: WP0140. Available at: http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/publications/workingpapers/ wp0140ab.html. Accessed September 4, 2003.
7. See No. 3 above.
8. Hill K, AbouZahr C, Wardlaw T. Estimates of maternal mortality for 1995. Bull World Health Organ 2001;79(3):182-98. See also WHO and UNICEF. Revised 1990 Estimates of Maternal Mortality: A New Approach by WHO and UNICEF. April 1996.
9. Ross JA, Mauldin WP. Family planning programs: Efforts and results, 1972-94. Stud Fam Plann 1996;27(3):137-47. Also Ross and Stover in No. 4 above.
10. World Health Organization. Coverage of Selected Health Services for HIV/ AIDS Prevention and Care in Less Developed Countries in 2001. November 2002.