SynthesisJournal of clinical nursing2021
Community- based maternal and newborn interventions in Africa: Systematic review.
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- Effects of community-based interventions for stillbirths in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Exploring and prioritising strategies for improving uptake of postnatal care services in Thyolo, Malawi: A qualitative study.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Devices and furniture for small and sick newborn care: systematic development of a planning and costing tool.BMC pediatrics · 2023Review
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- Types, reporting and acceptability of community-based interventions for stillbirth prevention in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): a systematic review.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
- The effects of community-based interventions on the uptake of selected maternal and child health services: experiences of the IMCHA project in Iringa Tanzania, 2015-2020.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- A Strategy for Reducing Maternal Mortality in Rural Kenya.International journal of women's health · 2023Article
- Towards a positive postnatal experience in Sub-Saharan African countries: the receipt of adequate services during the immediate postpartum period: a multilevel analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Where is the 'C' in antenatal care and postnatal care: A multi-country survey of availability of antenatal and postnatal care in low- and middle-income settings.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2022Article
- Mapping Maternal Health in the New Media Environment: A Scientometric Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Community mobilization to strengthen support for appropriate and timely use of antenatal and postnatal care: A review of reviews.Journal of global health · 2021Review
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Abstract
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objectivesThis review analysed the implementation and integration into healthcare systems of maternal and newborn healthcare interventions in Africa that include community health workers to reduce maternal and newborn deaths.
backgroundMost neonatal deaths (99%) occur in low- and middle-income countries, with approximately half happening at home. In resource-constrained settings, community-based maternal and newborn care is regarded as a sound programme for improving newborn survival. Health workers can play an important role in supporting families to adopt sound health practices, encourage delivery in healthcare facilities and ensure timeous referral. Maternal and newborn mortality is a major public health problem, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where the Millennium Development Goals 4, 5 and 6 were not achieved at the end of 2015.
methodsThe review includes quantitative, qualitative and mixed-method studies, with a data-based convergent synthesis design being used, and the results grouped into categories and trends. The review took into account the participants, interventions, context and outcome frameworks (PICO), and followed the adapted PRISMA format for reporting systematic reviews of the qualitative and quantitative evidence guide checklist.
resultsThe results from the 17 included studies focused on three themes: antenatal, delivery and postnatal care interventions as a continuum. The main components of the interventions were inadequate, highlighting the need for improved planning before each stage of implementation. A conceptual framework of planning and implementation was elaborated to improve maternal and newborn health.
conclusionThe systematic review highlight the importance of thoroughly planning before any programme implementation, and ensuring that measures are in place to enable continuity of services. RELEVANT TO THE CLINICAL PRACTICE: Conceptual framework of planning and implementation of maternal and newborn healthcare interventions by maternal community health workers.
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