ArticleBioMed research international2017
Quality Improvement Interventions for Nutritional Assessment among Pregnant Mothers in Northeastern Uganda.
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- Integrating Women and Girls' Nutrition Services into Health Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
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- Translating the strategy of integrating comprehensive nutrition assessment, counselling, and support into action using a grounded theory approach in Tororo district, Uganda.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Quality improvement initiatives in maternal, infant, young child, and adolescent nutrition (MIYCAN) in India: A scoping review.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Review
- Use of collaborative learning approach for increased cure rate among children aged 6-59 months with severe wasting in Karamoja, Uganda.BMJ open quality · 2023Article
- Explaining the successes and failures of tuberculosis treatment programs; a tale of two regions in rural eastern Uganda.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Nutritional Assessment in Inpatients With Cirrhosis Can Be Improved After Training and Is Associated With Lower Readmissions.Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2019Article
- Birth asphyxia and its associated factors among newborns in public hospital, northeast Amhara, Ethiopia.PloS one · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionAssessment of pregnant mothers for nutritional status is a neglected intervention. In Kaabong Hospital, nutritional status of pregnant mothers was not assessed during antenatal care (ANC) visits. A quality improvement (QI) project was initiated to increase nutritional assessment using midupper arm circumference (MUAC) among pregnant mothers during ANC visits from 0 to 90% between April and September 2015.
methodBaylor-Uganda formed ANC Work Improvement Team (WIT) that reviewed ANC register, identified gaps in quality of care, analyzed root causes using cause-effect diagram, developed solutions, and tested and implemented the solution using Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles. Planned and tested changes included the provision of anthropometric tools, integrated ANC register, and data use.
resultIn April 2015 (baseline), none (0/235) of the pregnant women were assessed for nutritional status using MUAC. Following QI interventions, nutritional assessment improved to 79% (200/252) in May 2015 and to 100% (241/241) in June 2015. The 100% performance was sustained until August 2016. Overall, 39 cases of malnutrition-1 (2.6%) severe (MUAC < 19.0 cm) and 38 (97.4%) moderate acute malnutrition (MUAC 19-22.0 cm)-were identified and linked to nutritional rehabilitation program.
conclusionQI interventions are critical in achieving high rates of nutritional status assessment and identifying malnourished pregnant women during ANC visits.
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