Outcomes of a coaching-based WHO safe childbirth checklist program in India

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 377, Issue 24, 2017, Pages 2313-2324

  Semrau, Katherine E A ^a,b,d   Hirschhorn, Lisa R ^f   Delaney, Megan Marx ^a   Singh, Vinay P ^g   Saurastri, Rajiv ^g   Sharma, Narender ^g   Tuller, Danielle E ^a   Firestone, Rebecca ^g   Lipsitz, Stuart ^a,c   Dhingra Kumar, Neelam ^j   Kodkany, Bhalachandra S ⁱ   Kumar, Vishwajeet ^h   Gawande, Atul A ^a,e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Global Health Equity   (United States)

^c Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^h Community Empowerment Lab ^*  (India)

ⁱ JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^j WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHECKLIST; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MIDWIFE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUERPERAL DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CHECKLIST; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; STANDARD OF CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85038447347     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1701075     Document Type: Article

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