The development of a comprehensive maternal–child health information system for Nunavut-Nutaqqavut (Our Children)

Regional Health Information System (RHIS) is an integrated Health Information System which effectively functions as data communication in a region. This system has been used since 2012. However, it has not shown best performance. Puskesmas (Community Health Centers) send their regular reports in the form of soft copy or hard copy. However, DKK has not verified the reports on the maternal child health regularly. Moreover, they retype the report to be sent to the Ministry of Health. It results in possibility of errors in its accuracy and validity. Thus, it requires further evaluation to improve the implementation of RHIS especially in recording and reporting maternal child health to the Ministry of Health. The objective of this research is to analyze the maternal child health data recording and reporting system in RHIS Surakarta.This is a qualitative research. Data were collected by deep interview and direct observation on the implementation of the RHIS. Object of this research is the recording and reporting system of Maternal Child Health in the RHIS DKK Surakarta. The main informant is the head and the staffs of SIMKES, midwifes coordinators of SIK in 6 Community Health Centers.The results of this study propose that improvement on human resources competences should be done regularly. The data of maternal child health are taken from community health centers. That is why, there should be proper policy on the reporting the data of maternal child health. The report sent should be filed in soft copy and hard copy. Nevertheless, the available data have been processed by community health centers and are accessible for public needs.This study proposes that the recording and reporting system of maternal child health data should be developed by improving the competences of human resources, decreeing operational policy, and providing standard operating procedure.

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

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research ◽

10.22159/ajpcr.2017.v10i6.15918 ◽

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.

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Indicators of Organizational Support in Implementing Maternal and Child Health Information System

International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) ◽

10.11591/.v5i3.4797 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 280

Author(s):

Heru Santoso Wahito Nugroho ◽

Stefanus Supriyanto ◽

Hari Basuki Notobroto

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Child Health ◽

Health Information ◽

Maternal And Child Health ◽

Organizational Support ◽

Health Information System ◽

Supervisor Support ◽

Quality Data ◽

Work Condition ◽

And Child Health

<p style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Nowadays, the implementation of health informtion system in Indonesia still encounters a number of obstacles e.g. redundant data, activities duplication, data quality, data not in harmony with the necessities, report not submitted on time, unoptimized feedback, low information utilization, and inefficient resources. This research aimed to analyze the indicators of organizational support which were suspected as one of the obstacles of the implementation of Maternal and Child Health Information System in Health Office of Ngawi Regency. The population of this cross sectional research was all village midwives administratively in duty in the areas of Ngawi Regency in 2015. Data was taken from all member of populaton through questionnaire filling, which was then analyzed by using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The result of data analysis suggested that the coefficient value that has been standardized from each indicators were as follows: supervisor support = 0.82, work condition = 0.80, and reard = 0.90. Indicators of organizational support<br />in implementing Maternal and Child Health Information System at Ngawi Regency Health Office, respectively from the most important are: reward, supervisor support, and work condition.</p>

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Factors Influencing Accessibility of Maternal & Child Health Information on Reproductive Health Practices among Rural Women in Kenya

Family Medicine & Medical Science Research ◽

10.4172/2327-4972.1000198 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 05 (01) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Maurice Silali ◽

Denis Owino

Keyword(s):

Child Health ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Health Information ◽

Rural Women ◽

Health Practices ◽

Maternal Child Health ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Maternal Child

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Indicators of Organizational Support in Implementing Maternal and Child Health Information System

International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) ◽

10.11591/ijphs.v5i3.4797 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 280

Author(s):

Heru Santoso Wahito Nugroho ◽

Stefanus Supriyanto ◽

Hari Basuki Notobroto

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Child Health ◽

Health Information ◽

Maternal And Child Health ◽

Organizational Support ◽

Health Information System ◽

Supervisor Support ◽

Quality Data ◽

Work Condition ◽

And Child Health

<p style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Nowadays, the implementation of health informtion system in Indonesia still encounters a number of obstacles e.g. redundant data, activities duplication, data quality, data not in harmony with the necessities, report not submitted on time, unoptimized feedback, low information utilization, and inefficient resources. This research aimed to analyze the indicators of organizational support which were suspected as one of the obstacles of the implementation of Maternal and Child Health Information System in Health Office of Ngawi Regency. The population of this cross sectional research was all village midwives administratively in duty in the areas of Ngawi Regency in 2015. Data was taken from all member of populaton through questionnaire filling, which was then analyzed by using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The result of data analysis suggested that the coefficient value that has been standardized from each indicators were as follows: supervisor support = 0.82, work condition = 0.80, and reard = 0.90. Indicators of organizational supportin implementing Maternal and Child Health Information System at Ngawi Regency Health Office, respectively from the most important are: reward, supervisor support, and work condition.</p>

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Evaluation of health information system in reproductive and child health program at primary health center level: a system analysis

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20164705 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 15

Author(s):

Deepa L. N. ◽

Gopinath D.

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Information System ◽

Child Health ◽

Health Information ◽

System Analysis ◽

Health Information System ◽

Current Status ◽

Urban District ◽

Reproductive And Child Health ◽

And Child Health

Background: Primary aim of health information system is, using it in decision-making. Not many systematic studies on actual status of health information system are available. So this study was undertaken to evaluate the current status of Health Information System (HIS) at the primary level in relation to selective components of Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Programme and to determine its utilization for identification of problem and decision making at that level.Methods:Cross sectional study done in Bangalore Urban District. HIS was analyzed for completeness, timeliness and utilization. Monthly reports of previous 3 months from PHCs were looked for completeness and timeliness. Utilization of information was assessed by interviewing the medical officers of 4 PHCs for actions they intend to take for modifying the performance; prior to and also after providing them with analyzed information of the available data (customization of data). Both these were compared for differences and specificity of responses. For customization of the data, sub center reports were reviewed and few beneficiaries were interviewed.Results: 85% of the reporting formats were incompletely filled. It was observed an increase in number of medical officers giving more specific actions such as review in monthly meeting, ask explanation by specific sub-center health worker for not giving follow up care to improve the performance than the responses which were more general prior to receiving the customized data. It shows that MOs are not utilizing the available health information for identification of problem or to make decisions.Conclusions:This study showed that medical officers are signing the monthly reports prepared by health workers, without actually using the information at least to identify the problem as it was seen that coverage in one sub-centre was consistently low for all the three months but didn’t focus their actions towards that sub center.

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