The impact of personal protective equipment and social distancing on communication and relation between nurses, caregivers and children: a descriptive qualitative study in a maternal and child health hospital

Maternal and child health programmes plays a key role in reducing infant and child mortality in any population. The Government of India started maternal and child health care services in the first five year plan (1951-56). This study uses data from the fourth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS, 2015-16). We are interested to examine the effect of child delivery at a healthcare facility, on child survival. We are followed by Mosley and Chen’s framework (1884), according to the framework, several socioeconomic determinants are grouped into some categories, namely, maternal, environmental contamination, nutrient deficiency, and personal illness control. Consequently, we reduced the number of independent variables to women’s age at birth and education, birth order, low child birth weight, household wealth, and healthcare.

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No effects of pilot performance-based intervention implementation and withdrawal on the coverage of maternal and child health services in the Koulikoro region, Mali: an interrupted time series analysis

Health Policy and Planning ◽

10.1093/heapol/czaa001 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 35 (4) ◽

pp. 379-387

Author(s):

David Zombré ◽

Manuela De Allegri ◽

Valéry Ridde

Keyword(s):

Time Series ◽

Child Health ◽

Health Service ◽

Maternal And Child Health ◽

Interrupted Time Series ◽

Child Health Services ◽

Child Health Service ◽

Health Centres ◽

The Impact ◽

And Child Health

Abstract Performance-based financing (PBF) has been promoted and increasingly implemented across low- and middle-income countries to increase the utilization and quality of primary health care. However, the evidence of the impact of PBF is mixed and varies substantially across settings. Thus, further rigorous investigation is needed to be able to draw broader conclusions about the effects of this health financing reform. We examined the effects of the implementation and subsequent withdrawal of the PBF pilot programme in the Koulikoro region of Mali on a range of relevant maternal and child health indicators targeted by the programme. We relied on a control interrupted time series design to examine the trend in maternal and child health service utilization rates prior to the PBF intervention, during its implementation and after its withdrawal in 26 intervention health centres. The results for these 26 intervention centres were compared with those for 95 control health centres, with an observation window that covered 27 quarters. Using a mixed-effects negative binomial model combined with a linear spline regression model and covariates adjustment, we found that neither the introduction nor the withdrawal of the pilot PBF programme bore a significant impact in the trend of maternal and child health service use indicators in the Koulikoro region of Mali. The absence of significant effects in the health facilities could be explained by the context, by the weaknesses in the intervention design and by the causal hypothesis and implementation. Further inquiry is required in order to provide policymakers and practitioners with vital information about the lack of effects detected by our quantitative analysis.

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The Impact of Internal Migration on the Maternal and Child Health Services Utilization in Turkey

Social Work in Public Health ◽

10.1080/19371918.2019.1635941 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 34 (6) ◽

pp. 519-528 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gülcan Şantaş ◽

Gülsün Erigüç ◽

Mehmet Ali Eryurt

Keyword(s):

Child Health ◽

Health Services ◽

Maternal And Child Health ◽

Internal Migration ◽

Health Services Utilization ◽

Child Health Services ◽

Services Utilization ◽

The Impact ◽

And Child Health

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Information and communication technologies and access to maternal and child health information: Implications for sustainable development

Information Development ◽

10.1177/0266666918767482 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 35 (4) ◽

pp. 524-534 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ngozi B Ukachi ◽

Stella NI Anasi

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Child Health ◽

Health Information ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Maternal And Child Health ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Information And Communication ◽

The Impact ◽

And Child Health

Maternal and child mortality pose a great challenge in developing nations notwithstanding the robust initiatives instituted at both the global and national levels to ameliorate it. This study is aimed at ascertaining women’s perception of the impact of information and communication technologies on access to maternal and child health information and its implication on sustainable development. The descriptive research design was adopted for the study. Purposive sampling technique was used in selecting University of Lagos Teaching Hospital and subsequently, the three clinics (Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics Outpatient, and Antenatal clinics) where the needed groups could be seen. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection while SPSS statistical package was used for data analysis. The study revealed that the women perceive information and communication technologies to have a positive impact on their access to maternal and child health information while the key technological facilities used by the respondents in accessing maternal and child health information were mobile phones and social media tools such as Facebook, YouTube, blogs and Twitter. It was also found that irregular power supply, poor Internet access, and ignorance of the media that transmit maternal and child health information were the key factors that militate against effective access to maternal and child health information using communication technologies. The implication of this result on sustainable development is discussed and recommendations made.

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