Scaling up quality care for mothers and newborns around the time of birth: An overview of methods and analyses of intervention-specific bottlenecks and solutions

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Dickson, Kim E ^a   Kinney, Mary V ^b   Moxon, Sarah G ^b,c   Ashton, Joanne ^d   Zaka, Nabila ^a   Simen Kapeu, Aline ^a   Sharma, Gaurav ^c   Kerber, Kate J ^d   Daelmans, Bernadette ^e   Gülmezoglu, A Metin ^e   Mathai, Matthews ^e   Nyange, Christabel ^a,f   Baye, Martina ^g   Lawn, Joy E ^c,d  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

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

^d Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

^g MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Bottlenecks; Childbirth; Health systems; Maternal; Newborn; Pregnancy; Quality of care; Stillbirths

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; KANGAROO CARE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INFECTION; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCALE UP; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DEVICES; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; INFANT CARE; INFECTION; LEADERSHIP; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AFRICA; ASIA; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMERGENCIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; LEADERSHIP; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84978040238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-15-S2-S1     Document Type: Article

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