Maternal and Child Health and Health Care in Puerto Rico

1994 ◽  
pp. 39-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro J. Santiago-Borrero ◽  
Marta Valcarcel
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
And Child Health

Improving Maternal and Child Health Care: A Blueprint for Community Action in Pittsburgh Region: Summary

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold Alan Pincus ◽  
Stephen B. Thomas ◽  
Donna J. Keyser ◽  
Nicholas Castle ◽  
Jacob W. Dembosky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
And Child Health

Advocacy for free maternal and child health care in Nigeria—Results and outcomes

Health Policy ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friday Okonofua ◽  
Eyitayo Lambo ◽  
John Okeibunor ◽  
Kingsley Agholor
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
And Child Health

Patterns of utilization of maternal and child health care among tribals of H D Kote Taluk Mysore

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Kavita Yadav ◽  
MR Narayana Murthy ◽  
Manohar Prasad ◽  
Praveen Kulkarni
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
Patterns Of Utilization ◽  
And Child Health

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTHCARE SERVICES

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Rakhi Chowdhury ◽  
Leena Kumari ◽  
Subhamay Panda
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information System ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Health Information System ◽  
Health Care Sector ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Health Related ◽  
And Child Health

Health information system deals with any system that helps in capturing, storing, transmitting, and managing health-related information of an individual or to demonstrate the activities or organizations working within health-care sector. In the developing countries, maternal and child health is gaining concern due to increasing cases of morbidity and mortality. The disparities among the maternal, infant, and child health are a growing concern in India and are governed by various determinants such as socioeconomic status, literacy, quality of health care, discrimination, and biological and genetic factors. Accurate and reliable health information and data are the basis for decision-making across the health-care sector and are crucial for the development and implementation of health system policy by the policy-makers. Strict monitoring and evaluation of the present program design and its implementation is required at the microlevel to effectively utilize the resources for the improvement of maternal and child health. Our present article focuses on evaluating the coverage gap at the different levels for the provision of health-care facilities to maternal, neonatal, and child health, immunization, and treatment of poor children. Big data plays a major role in providing sound and reliable health-related information and also help in managing and recording structured and unstructured data. More concrete plans are required further to reduce the inequalities in health-care interventions for providing better maternal and child health-care services in our nation.

scholarly journals Summary indices for monitoring universal coverage in maternal and child health care

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (12) ◽  
pp. 903-912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando C Wehrmeister ◽  
Maria-Clara Restrepo-Mendez ◽  
Giovanny VA Franca ◽  
Cesar G Victora ◽  
Aluisio JD Barros
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Universal Coverage ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
And Child Health

scholarly journals Improving maternal and child health: a situational analysis of primary health care centres of Sokoto state, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 5052
Author(s):  
Aminu U. Kaoje ◽  
Sani Labaran ◽  
Aminu G. Magashi ◽  
Jessica T. Ango
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
The State ◽  
Current Form ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Nurse Midwife ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
And Child Health

Background: Primary health care facilities constitute the first point of contacts of public with healthcare and form integral part of the country’s health system.Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted among 88 primary care facilities in the State. A simple random sampling technique was used to select the facilities. Federal Ministry of Health integrated supportive supervision tool was adapted for data collection and analysis done using SPSS Version 20.0. The variables were summarised with frequency and percentage and results presented in tables.Results: Almost two-thirds (65%) of the facilities provide 24 hours service coverage for both maternal and child care services. Only 16% of the facilities had medical officers, 12.5% had required number of nurse/midwife while 27% had no single nurse/midwife. With respect to trainings, one third of the facilities had personnel trained on medium and extended lifesaving skills, 20% had a trained staff on emergency obstetrics and newborn care while 61% had no single trained personnel on integrated management of childhood illnesses. A large proportion of the facilities provide maternal services such as focused ANC and delivery but none use partograph to monitor labour. A good number of facilities were lacking basic equipment and medicine supply with about two third of facilities lacking misoprostol and magnesium sulphate, and only 15% had functional DRF.Conclusions: Health resources and the level of service provision in its current form may not lead to a significant improvement in maternal and child health in the state to guarantee universal coverage.

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