Ghana's Ensure Mothers and Babies Regular Access to Care (EMBRACE) program: Study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kikuchi, Kimiyo ^a   Ansah, Evelyn ^b   Okawa, Sumiyo ^a   Shibanuma, Akira ^a   Gyapong, Margaret ^c   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^d   Oduro, Abraham ^e   Quansah Asare, Gloria ^b   Hodgson, Abraham ^b   Jimba, Masamine ^a   Appiah Denkyira, Ebenezer ^f   Yoneyama, Yoshiharu ^f   Yasuoka, Junko ^f   Nanishi, Keiko ^f   Kamiya, Yusuke ^f   Hagiwara, Akiko ^f   Shiratori, Sakiko ^f   Addei, Sheila ^f   Sarpong, Doris ^f   Tawiah, Charlotte ^f   Enuameh, Yeetey ^f   Adjei, Kwame ^f   Debpuur, Cornelius ^f   Yeji, Francis ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^c Dodowa Health Research Centre   (Ghana)

^d KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^e NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^f Ghana Health Service ^*

Author keywords

Child health outcomes; Continuum of care; Ghana; Maternal; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GHANA; GHANA ENSURE MOTHER AND BABY REGULAR ACCESS TO CARE PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; ORIENTATION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84924341470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-014-0539-3     Document Type: Article

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