Adherence to evidence based care practices for childbirth before and after a quality improvement intervention in health facilities of Rajasthan, India

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Iyengar, Kirti ^a   Jain, Motilal ^b   Thomas, Sunil ^c   Dashora, Kalpana ^a   Liu, William ^d   Saini, Paramsukh ^a   Dattatreya, Rajesh ^a   Parker, Indrani ^a   Iyengar, Sharad ^a  

^a Action Research and Training for Health   (India)

^b Department of Medical Health and Family Welfare Services   (India)

^c UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Evidence based delivery care; Institutional delivery; Intrapartum; Maternal care; Perinatal mortality; Quality of care; Rajasthan

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; DELIVERY; EPISIOTOMY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SOUND; HUMAN; INDIA; LABOR; NEWBORN CARE; NURSE MIDWIFE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUERPERIUM; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; BIRTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERINATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INDIA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARTURITION; PERINATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84908114309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-270     Document Type: Article

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