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Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health

  • Open Access
    Individual, Community, and Health Facility Predictors of Postnatal Care Utilization in Rural Tanzania: A Multilevel Analysis
    Florina Serbanescu, Purni Abeysekara, Alicia Ruiz, Michelle Schmitz, Sunday Dominico, Jason Hsia and Paul Stupp
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2023, 11(4):e2200502; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00502

    PNC visits are an opportunity to promote physical and emotional recovery, offer infant care and feeding advice, detect and treat postpartum complications, and discuss birth spacing. Offering PNC in nearby health facilities with adequate quality of care can increase usage rates.

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    Determinants of Kangaroo Mother Care Uptake for Small Babies Along the Health Facility to Community Continuum in Karnataka, India
    Maryann Washington, Leah Macaden, Annetta Smith, Sumithra Selvam and Prem K. Mony
    Global Health: Science and Practice June 2023, 11(3):e2200457; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00457

    In Karnataka, India, the initiation and duration of kangaroo mother care (KMC) for small babies improved following KMC support for mothers and family members at the health facility and improved KMC competence of health care workers.

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    Strengthening Kampala’s Urban Referral System for Maternal and Newborn Care Through Establishment of an Emergency Call and Dispatch Center
    Sam Ononge, Andrew Magunda, Dorothy Balaba, Peter Waiswa, Daniel Okello, Henry Kaula, Sara Zalwango, Douglas Akii Bua, Amable Ayebare, Frank Kaharuza, Cudjoe Bennett, Sara Sulzbach, Brett Keller and Yvonne Mugerwa
    Global Health: Science and Practice June 2023, 11(3):e2200332; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00332

    An emergency call and ambulance dispatch center facilitated maternal and newborn transport, and a smartphone application helped deploy and track ambulances to improve coordination and efficiency in emergency case referral and transport.

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    Establishing the Ethiopian Obstetric Surveillance System for Monitoring Maternal Outcomes in Eastern Ethiopia: A Pilot Study
    Abera Kenay Tura, Sagni Girma, Yadeta Dessie, Delayehu Bekele, Jelle Stekelenburg, Thomas van den Akker, Marian Knight and on behalf of the Ethiopian Obstetric Surveillance System Steering Committee
    Global Health: Science and Practice April 2023, 11(2):e2200281; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00281

    The authors’ pilot of the Ethiopian Obstetric Surveillance System demonstrates the feasibility of establishing similar systems to monitor maternal outcomes in other low-resource settings.

  • Open Access
    Maternal Death Surveillance and Response: Looking Backward, Going Forward
    Matthews Mathai
    Global Health: Science and Practice April 2023, 11(2):e2300099; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00099
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    The Godmother Project: A Virtual Initiative to Support Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Brazil During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Juliana S. Amaro, Marcia Rochelle T. F. B. Pessalli, Lissandra B. da Cunha, Ana Pilar Betrán, Maria Regina Torloni and Monica M. Siaulys
    Global Health: Science and Practice April 2023, 11(2):e2200500; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00500

    WhatsApp groups of pregnant and postpartum women led by dedicated nurse educators can help educate and support women during the perinatal period, especially in contexts of physical distancing requirements or where social support is unavailable.

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    From Pre-Implementation to Institutionalization: Lessons From Sustaining a Perinatal Audit Program in South Africa
    Mary V. Kinney, Asha S. George, Natasha R. Rhoda, Robert C. Pattinson and Anne-Marie Bergh
    Global Health: Science and Practice April 2023, 11(2):e2200213; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00213

    The authors explored the implementation history of South Africa’s perinatal audit program and identified lessons learned, policy and operational gaps, and issues with an existing measurement tool found while measuring the program’s implementation in 5 districts.

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    Scale-Up of a Newborn Resuscitation Capacity-Building and Skill Retention Program Associated With Improved Neonatal Outcomes in Gandaki Province, Nepal
    Robert B. Clark, Mala Chalise, Michael K. Visick, Vivek Ghosh and Ranjan Dhungana
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2023, 11(1):e2200046; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00046

    A program in Nepal based on the Helping Babies Breathe training curriculum successfully scaled up newborn resuscitation training and skill retention and could serve as an evidence-based model in other resource-constrained settings.

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    At-Risk Newborns: Overlooked in Expansion From Essential Newborn Care to Small and Sick Newborn Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
    Indira Narayanan, James A. Litch, Ganga L. Srinivas, Kwabena Onwona-Agyeman, Alhassan Abdul-Mumin and Jayashree Ramasethu
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2023, 11(1):e2200099; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00099

    We propose adding the category of “at-risk” newborns for babies who are at increased risk of morbidity and/or mortality but do not require special or intensive care or monitoring to promote a 3-tiered newborn care approach in hospitals.

  • Open Access
    Applying the COM-B Model to Understand the Drivers of Mistreatment During Childbirth: A Qualitative Enquiry Among Maternity Care Staff
    Muhammad Asim, Waqas Hameed, Bushra Khan, Sarah Saleem and Bilal Iqbal Avan
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2023, 11(1):e2200267; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00267

    The promotion of respectful maternity care requires addressing the drivers of mistreatment and strengthening the capacity of maternity care staff to provide respectful and rights-based maternity care.

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