ReviewReproductive health2014
Approaches to improve the quality of maternal and newborn health care: an overview of the evidence.
Review in Reproductive health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 102 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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102 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Improving the quality of neonatal health care in Ethiopia: a systematic review.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of clinical psychological guidance for perinatal mental health.BMC psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Evaluations of effective coverage of maternal and child health services: A systematic review.Health policy and planning · 2022Pooled it
- What determines client satisfaction on labor and delivery service in Ethiopia? systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Quality improvement initiatives for hospitalised small and sick newborns in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.Implementation science : IS · 2018Pooled it
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- Exploring women's views on factors influencing the quality of maternal care among women of reproductive age in Burkina Faso: a fuzzy cognitive mapping study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
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- The lived experience, perceptions, and barriers of continuum of maternal health care services utilization: a qualitative study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Impact of a long-term mentorship program for childbirth providers on quality of care: A cluster randomized controlled trial.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Factors influencing decision-making for facility-based childbirth in rural Nepal: a qualitative study.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Evaluating the impact of a longitudinal mentorship intervention on the documentation of maternal vital signs in Blantyre district, Malawi.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Regional trends, spatial patterns and factors associated with health facility delivery among women of reproductive age in Sierra Leone.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Restoring antenatal health services in a war-affected hospital: a quality improvement project.BMJ open quality · 2025Article
- Intimate partner violence and maternal antenatal care utilization: is there a dose-response relationship? Findings from the Ethiopian National Demographic and Health Survey.International health · 2025Article
- Newborn thermal care practices in two urban slums in southern Ghana: evidence from a concurrent mixed methods study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Unlocking the path to quality maternity care: a qualitative study on work environment dynamics, providers' responsiveness, and professionalism in central region, Malawi.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Embracing support: Women's preferences and challenges for husband's companionship during labor in the Indian context - A cross-sectional study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Quality of intrapartum and newborn care in public healthcare facilities of Wolkite town, Central Ethiopia: facility-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Despite progress in recent years, an estimated 273,500 women died as a result of maternal causes in 2010. The burden of these deaths is disproportionately bourne by women who reside in low income countries or belong to the poorest sectors of the population of middle or high income ones, and it is particularly acute in regions where access to and utilization of facility-based services for childbirth and newborn care is lowest. Evidence has shown that poor quality of facility-based care for these women and newborns is one of the major contributing factors for their elevated rates of morbidity and mortality. In addition, women who perceive the quality of facilty-based care to be poor,may choose to avoid facility-based deliveries, where life-saving interventions could be availble. In this context, understanding the underlying factors that impact the quality of facility-based services and assessing the effectiveness of interventions to improve the quality of care represent critical inputs for the improvement of maternal and newborn health. This series of five papers assesses and summarizes information from relevant systematic reviews on the impact of various approaches to improve the quality of care for women and newborns. The first paper outlines the conceptual framework that guided this study and the methodology used for selecting the reviews and for the analysis. The results are described in the following three papers, which highlight the evidence of interventions to improve the quality of maternal and newborn care at the community, district, and facility level. In the fifth and final paper of the series, the overall findings of the review are discussed, research gaps are identified, and recommendations proposed to impove the quality of maternal and newborn health care in resource-poor settings.
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