Strengths and weaknesses in the implementation of maternal and perinatal death reviews in Tanzania: Perceptions, processes and practice

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1087-1095

  Armstrong, C E ^a,b   Lange, I L ^a   Magoma, M ^b   Ferla, C ^b   Filippi, V ^a,b   Ronsmans, C ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Evidence for Action   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Maternal death; Medical audit; Public health policy; Qualitative evaluation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; LITERATURE REVIEW; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PERCEPTION; PERINATAL DEATH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TANZANIA; AUDIT MÉDICALE; AUDITORÍA MÉDICA; EVALUACIÓN CUALITATIVA; ÉVALUATION QUALITATIVE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; MORTALITÉ MATERNELLE; MUERTES MATERNAS; POLITIQUE DE SANTÉ; POLÍTICA DE SALUD PÚBLICA; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY; QUALITATIVE EVALUATION; SANTÉ PUBLIQUE; STANDARD;

MARA; TANZANIA;

AUDIT MÉDICALE; AUDITORÍA MÉDICA; EVALUACIÓN CUALITATIVA; ÉVALUATION QUALITATIVE; MATERNAL DEATH; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITÉ MATERNELLE; MUERTES MATERNAS; POLITIQUE DE SANTÉ; POLÍTICA DE SALUD PÚBLICA; PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY; QUALITATIVE EVALUATION; SANTÉ PUBLIQUE;

FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TANZANIA;

EID: 84907284483     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12353     Document Type: Article

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