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Identifying characteristics associated with performing recommended practices in maternal and newborn care among health facilities in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study.

TitleIdentifying characteristics associated with performing recommended practices in maternal and newborn care among health facilities in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsSipsma, Heather L., Leslie A. Curry, Jean-Baptiste Kakoma, Erika L. Linnander, and Elizabeth H. Bradley
JournalHuman resources for health
Volume10
Issue1
Pagination13
Date Published2012
ISSN1478-4491
AbstractAlthough rates of maternal and neonatal mortality have decreased in many countries over the last two decades, they remain unacceptably high, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Nevertheless, we know little about the quality of facility-based maternal and newborn care in low-income countries and little about the association between quality of care and health worker training, supervision, and incentives in these settings. We therefore sought to examine the quality of facility-based maternal and newborn health care by describing the implementation of recommended practices for maternal and newborn care among health care facilities. We also aimed to determine whether increased training, supervision, and incentives for health workers were associated with implementing these recommended practices. We chose to study these aims in the Republic of Rwanda, where rates of maternal and newborn mortality are high and where substantial attention is currently focused on strengthening health workforce capacity and quality.
DOI10.2471/BLT.11.090886
Alternate JournalHum Resour Health

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