Effect of a participatory multisectoral maternal and newborn intervention on maternal health service utilization and newborn care practices: A quasi-experimental study in three rural Ugandan districts

Global Health Action

Volumn 10, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Ekirapa Kiracho, Elizabeth ^a   Kananura, Rornald Muhumuza ^a   Tetui, Moses ^a,b   Namazzi, Gertrude ^a   Mutebi, Aloysius ^a   George, Asha ^c,d   Paina, Ligia ^c   Waiswa, Peter ^a,e,f   Bumba, Ahmed ^g   Mulekwa, Godfrey ^h   Nakiganda Busiku, Dinah ⁱ   Lyagoba, Moses ⁱ   Naiga, Harriet ⁱ   Putan, Mary ^h   Kulwenza, Agatha ^g   Ajeani, Judith ^j   Kakaire Kirunda, Ayub ^a   Makumbi, Fred ^a   Atuyambe, Lynn ^a   Okui, Olico ^a   Kiwanuka, Suzanne Namusoke ^a   more..

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g Kibuku District Health Office   (Uganda)

^h Pallisa District Health Office   (Uganda)

ⁱ Kamuli District Health Office   (Uganda)

^j MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

more..

Author keywords

Community health workers; Implementation science; Maternal; Newborn; Participatory action research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH; CAPACITY BUILDING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME VISIT; HUMAN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAPACITY BUILDING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; ODDS RATIO; PARTURITION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85028922977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1363506     Document Type: Article

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