Title |
Improving service uptake and quality of care of integrated maternal health services: the Kenya kwale district improvement collaborative
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, September 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-14-416 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Michael K Mwaniki, Sonali Vaid, Isaac Mwamuye Chome, Dorcas Amolo, Youssef Tawfik, Kwale Improvement Coaches |
Abstract |
Health-related millennium development goals are off track in most of the countries in the sub-Saharan African region. Lack of access to, and low utilization of essential services and high-impact interventions, together with poor quality of health services, may be partially responsible for this lack of progress. We explored whether improvement approaches can be applied to increase utilization of antenatal care (ANC), health facility deliveries, prevention of mother-to-child transmission services and adherence to ANC standards of care in a rural district in Kenya. We targeted improvement of ANC services because ANC is a vital point of entry for most high-impact interventions targeting the pregnant mother. |
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India | 1 | 17% |
Nigeria | 1 | 17% |
Switzerland | 1 | 17% |
Unknown | 3 | 50% |
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Members of the public | 5 | 83% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
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United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
Tanzania, United Republic of | 2 | 1% |
South Africa | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 171 | 97% |
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Student > Master | 44 | 25% |
Researcher | 30 | 17% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 11% |
Student > Postgraduate | 12 | 7% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 7% |
Other | 39 | 22% |
Unknown | 20 | 11% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 64 | 36% |
Social Sciences | 26 | 15% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 11% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 5% |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 3% |
Other | 25 | 14% |
Unknown | 29 | 16% |