Can a quality improvement project impact maternal and child health outcomes at scale in northern Ghana?

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Singh, Kavita ^a,b   Brodish, Paul ^b   Speizer, Ilene ^a,b   Barker, Pierre ^c   Amenga Etego, Issac ^d   Dasoberi, Ireneous ^d   Kanyoke, Ernest ^d   Boadu, Eric A ^d   Yabang, Elma ^d   Sodzi Tettey, Sodzi ^e  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^d National Catholic Health Service   (Ghana)

^e NATIONAL NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Child Health; Ghana; Impact evaluation; Maternal health; Quality improvement; Scale up

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNDERWEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS; THERAPY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; THINNESS;

EID: 84975295558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-016-0115-2     Document Type: Article

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