ArticleBulletin of the World Health Organization2019
Adapting home-based records for maternal and child health to users' capacities.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of the maternal and child health handbook and other home-based records on mothers' non-health outcomes: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
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- Roles of the Maternal and Child Health Handbook and Other Home-Based Records on Newborn and Child Health: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of the maternal and child health handbook for improving continuum of care and other maternal and child health indicators: A cluster randomized controlled trial in Angola.Journal of global health · 2023Trial
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- Patients', carers' and healthcare providers' views of patient-held health records in Kerala, India: A qualitative exploratory study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023Article
- Role of Maternal and Child Health Handbook on Improving Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Digital child health: opportunities and obstacles. A joint statement of European Academy of Paediatrics and European Confederation of Primary Care Paediatricians.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Review
- Development and implementation of the maternal and child health Handbook in Angola.BMJ global health · 2022Article
- The RE-AIM framework-based evaluation of the implementation of the Maternal and Child Health Handbook program in Angola: a mixed methods study.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- The Role of the Maternal and Child Health Handbook in Developmental Surveillance: The Exploration of Milestone Attainment Trajectories.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- The Maternal and Child Health Handbook for Improving the Continuum of Care and Other Maternal and Child Health Indicators in Angola: An Implementation Study Protocol.Frontiers in global women's health · 2021Article
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- Is Parent Engagement with a Child Health Home-Based Record Associated with Parents Perceived Attitude towards Health Professionals and Satisfaction with the Record? A Cross-Sectional Survey of Parents in New South Wales, Australia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Home-based records have been used in both low- and high-income countries to improve maternal and child health. Traditionally, these were mostly stand-alone records that supported a single maternal and child health-related programme, such as the child vaccination card or growth chart. Recently, an increasing number of countries are using integrated home-based records to support all or part of maternal and child health-related programmes, as in the maternal and child health handbook. Policy-makers' expectations of home-based records are often unrealistic and important functions of the records remain underused, leading to loss of confidence in the process, and to wasted resources and opportunities for care. We need to examine the gaps between the functions of the records and the extent to which users of records (pregnant women, mothers, caregivers and health-care workers) are knowledgeable and skilful enough to make those expected functions happen. Three key functions, with increasing levels of complexity, may be planned in home-based records: (i) data recording and storage; (ii) behaviour change communication, and (iii) monitoring and referral. We define a function-capacity conceptual framework for home-based records showing how increasing number and complexity of functions in a home-based record requires greater capacity among its users. The type and functions of an optimal home-based record should be strategically selected in accordance not only with demands of the health system, but also the capacities of the record users.
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