Training and nutritional components of pmtct programmes associated with improved intrapartum quality of care in Mali and Senegal

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 174-183

  Pirkle, Catherine Mclean ^a,b   Dumont, Alexandre ^c,d   Traoré, Mamadou ^e   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^b,f  

^a University Laval   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e District Health Centre of Commun V   (Mali)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health systems; Maternal health; Obstetrics; PMTCT; Quality of care; West africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MALI; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PREVENTION OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION PROGRAM; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENEGAL; STAFF TRAINING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALI; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SENEGAL;

EID: 84898605232     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzu013     Document Type: Article

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