scholarly journals Health workers, quality of care, and child health: Simulating the relationships between increases in health staffing and child length

Health Policy ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah L. Barber ◽  
Paul J. Gertler
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
And Child Health

scholarly journals Facilitators and barriers to quality of care in maternal, newborn and child health: a global situational analysis through metareview

BMJ Open ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. e004749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manisha Nair ◽  
Sachiyo Yoshida ◽  
Thierry Lambrechts ◽  
Cynthia Boschi-Pinto ◽  
Krishna Bose ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Situational Analysis ◽  
Newborn And Child Health ◽  
Facilitators And Barriers ◽  
And Child Health

scholarly journals Quality of Maternity Care and Client Satisfaction

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-76
Author(s):  
Saraswoti Kumari Gautam Bhattarai ◽  
Kanchan Gautam
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Maternity Care ◽  
Client Satisfaction ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Postnatal Period ◽  
And Child Health

Health service provided to pregnant women during antenatal, childbirth and postnatal period is essential for maternal and child health. Proper care during pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal period are important for the health of mother and baby. High maternal, infant and child morbidity and mortality demand improved healthcare which does not concern to coverage of health services alone. The health issues of pregnant women, mothers, infants and children need to be addressed with the attention to the quality of care (QoC).  The Nepal Health Sector Strategy (NHSS) also identifies equity and quality of care gaps as areas of concern for achieving the maternal health sustainable development goal (SDG) target. So this review aims to sensitize and draw attention to the quality of maternity care and client satisfaction to improve maternal and child health. For this article, different studies related to the quality of maternity care and satisfaction from care service received on maternity care are reviewed.

A History of Child Health Equity Legislation in the United States

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 112 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 727-730
Author(s):  
Peter C. van Dyck
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Access To Care ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pediatric Care ◽  
And Child Health

The Issue. The mission of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) is comprehensive in scope and establishes the capacity, structure, and function for the MCHB to continually improve the health and well-being of pregnant women and children. The MCHB works in partnership with states and has broad authority to improve access to care and ensure the provision of quality preventive and primary care services. Specific provisions of legislation establish the framework for accomplishing this mission. With the increasing recognition of the social, economic, and environmental determinants of child health and the inequities that exist in access and quality of care for children, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) has set the following 3 goals for year 2003: 1) To eliminate disparities in health status outcomes through the removal of economic, social, and cultural barriers to receiving comprehensive, timely, and appropriate health care; 2) To ensure the highest quality of care through the development of practice guidance and data monitoring and evaluation tools; the use of evidence-based research; and the availability of a well-trained, culturally diverse workforce; and 3) To facilitate access to care through the development and improvement of the maternal and child health infrastructure and systems of care to enhance the provision of necessary, coordinated, quality health care. Priority MCHB strategies to accomplish these goals include improving and expanding 1) the cultural competence of providers (in particular to decrease sudden infant death syndrome [SIDS] among minorities), 2) emergency medical services for children, 3) health and safety in child care, 4) quality of primary pediatric care, and 5) the providing of every child with a medical home.

scholarly journals Pelaksanaan Permainan Ular Tangga dalam Kelas Ibu Hamil

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28
Author(s):  
Lisda Widianti Longgupa ◽  
Nurfatimah Nurfatimah ◽  
Nilda Yulita Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Child Health Services ◽  
Flip Chart ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Child Health

The efforts to reduce maternal and infant mortality can be done by increasing the coverage and quality of maternal and child health services. One effort is made to bring health services closer to the community through the pregnant mothers class program. Pregnant woman class is a study group of pregnant women with gestational age between 4 weeks to 36 weeks with a maximum number of 10 participants. In this class, pregnant women will learn together, discuss and exchange experiences on overal maternal and child health, facilitated by midwives or health workers by using the class package for pregnant women, namely flip chart, guidelines for implementing classes of pregnant women,  class facilitator’s handbook pregnant women, exercise books for pregnant women  and books on maternal and child health (MCH). Based on the results of community service activities with participants of 40 pregnant women there was an increase in correct answers to all participants after participating in class activities for snakes ladderss of pregnant women. From the pre-test result it turns out that most of the results obtained were less than 60. This shows that the knowledge ability of pregnant women is still lacking. However, after holding the snakes ladder pregnant class, there was an increase in the knowledge of pregnant women with an increase in the post-test score point in the range between 21-30 (47.5%).

scholarly journals Private sector delivery of quality care for maternal, newborn and child health in low-income and middle-income countries: a mixed-methods systematic review protocol

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. e033141
Author(s):  
Samantha R Lattof ◽  
Blerta Maliqi
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
And Child Health

IntroductionTo accelerate progress to reach the sustainable development goals for ending preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths, it is critical that both the public and private health service delivery systems invest in increasing coverage of interventions to sustainably deliver quality care for mothers, newborns and children at scale. Although various approaches have been successful in high-income countries, little is known about how to effectively engage and sustain private sector involvement in delivering quality care in low-income and middle-income countries. Our systematic review will examine private sector implementation of quality care for maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) and the impact of this care. This protocol details our intended methodological and analytical approaches, based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) reporting guideline for protocols.Methods and analysisFollowing the PRISMA approach, this systematic review will include quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods studies addressing the provision of quality MNCH care by private sector providers. Eight databases (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health, EconLit, Excerpta Medica Database, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Popline, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Web of Science) and two websites will be searched for relevant studies published between 1 January 1995 and 30 June 2019. For inclusion, studies in low-income and middle-income countries must examine at least one of the following critical outcomes: maternal morbidity or mortality, newborn morbidity or mortality, child morbidity or mortality, quality of care, experience of care and service utilisation. Depending on the data, analyses could include meta-analysis, descriptive quantitative statistics, narrative synthesis and thematic synthesis. Quality will be assessed using tools for qualitative and quantitative studies.Ethics and disseminationFormal ethical approval is not required for this research, as the secondary data are not identifiable. Findings from this review will be used to develop models for effective collaboration of the private and public sectors in implementing quality of care for MNCH. In addition to publishing our findings in a peer-reviewed journal, the findings will be shared through the Quality of Care Network, relevant mailing lists, webinars and social media.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42019143383

scholarly journals Did an Intervention Programme Aimed at Strengthening the Maternal and Child Health Services in Nigeria Improve the Completeness of Routine Health Data Within the Health Management Information System?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Uzochukwu ◽  
Tolib Mirzoev ◽  
Chinyere Okeke ◽  
Joseph Hicks ◽  
Enyi Etiaba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Health Systems Strengthening ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Data Completeness ◽  
And Child Health

Background: During 2012-2015, the Federal Government of Nigeria launched the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, a health system strengthening (HSS) programme with a Maternal and Child Health component (Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme [SURE-P]/MCH), which was monitored using the Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) data reporting tools. Good quality data is essential for health policy and planning decisions yet, little is known on whether and how broad health systems strengthening programmes affect quality of data. This paper explores the effects of the SURE-P/MCH on completeness of MCH data in the National HMIS. Methods: This mixed-methods study was undertaken in Anambra state, southeast Nigeria. A standardized proforma was used to collect facility-level data from the facility registers on MCH services to assess the completeness of data from 2 interventions and one control clusters. The facility data was collected to cover before, during, and after the SURE-P intervention activities. Qualitative in-depth interviews were conducted with purposefully-identified health facility workers to identify their views and experiences of changes in data quality throughout the above 3 periods. Results: Quantitative analysis of the facility data showed that data completeness improved substantially, starting before SURE-P and continuing during SURE-P but across all clusters (ie, including the control). Also health workers felt data completeness were improved during the SURE-P, but declined with the cessation of the programme. We also found that challenges to data completeness are dependent on many variables including a high burden on providers for data collection, many variables to be filled in the data collection tools, and lack of health worker incentives. Conclusion: Quantitative analysis showed improved data completeness and health workers believed the SURE-P/MCH had contributed to the improvement. The functioning of national HMIS are inevitably linked with other health systems components. While health systems strengthening programmes have a great potential for improved overall systems performance, a more granular understanding of their implications on the specific components such as the resultant quality of HMIS data, is needed.

Letter to the Editor

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 926-927
Author(s):  
Ralph I. Fried
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Child Behavior ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Emotional Problems ◽  
Routine Care ◽  
Parental Concerns ◽  
Life Saving

I gratefully accept your invitation to comment on the letter by Dr. Pick on allied health workers in the private practice of pediatrics. I support Dr. Pick in his statement that this would constitute a regression in the quality of care offered to our children. Dr. Charles A. Janeway remarked in 1957 that during his career the practice of pediatrics had reversed itself from 80% life-saving and 20% routine care, to the opposite figures, so that pediatricians have had to deal increasingly with parental concerns about child behavior and emotional problems.

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