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Expanded quality management using information power (EQUIP): protocol for a quasi-experimental study to improve maternal and newborn health in Tanzania and Uganda

Maternal and newborn mortality remain unacceptably high in sub-Saharan Africa. Tanzania and Uganda are committed to reduce maternal and newborn mortality, but progress has been limited and many essential interventions are unavailable in primary and referral facilities. Quality management has the pot...

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Main Authors: Hanson, Claudia (Author) , Waiswa, Peter (Author) , Marchant, Tanya (Author) , Marx, Michael (Author) , Manzi, Fatuma (Author) , Mbaruku, Godfrey (Author) , Rowe, Alex (Author) , Tomson, Göran (Author) , Schellenberg, Joanna (Author) , Peterson, Stefan (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2 April 2014
In: Implementation science
Year: 2014, Volume: 9, Pages: 1-10
ISSN:1748-5908
DOI:10.1186/1748-5908-9-41
Online Access:Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-9-41
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Author Notes:Claudia Hanson, Peter Waiswa, Tanya Marchant, Michael Marx, Fatuma Manzi, Godfrey Mbaruku, Alex Rowe, Göran Tomson, Joanna Schellenberg, Stefan Peterson and the EQUIP Study Team
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Summary:Maternal and newborn mortality remain unacceptably high in sub-Saharan Africa. Tanzania and Uganda are committed to reduce maternal and newborn mortality, but progress has been limited and many essential interventions are unavailable in primary and referral facilities. Quality management has the potential to overcome low implementation levels by assisting teams of health workers and others finding local solutions to problems in delivering quality care and the underutilization of health services by the community. Existing evidence of the effect of quality management on health worker performance in these contexts has important limitations, and the feasibility of expanding quality management to the community level is unknown. We aim to assess quality management at the district, facility, and community levels, supported by information from high-quality, continuous surveys, and report effects of the quality management intervention on the utilization and quality of services in Tanzania and Uganda.
Item Description:The EQUIP Study Team: Jennie Jaribu, Yovitha Sedekia, Pedro Arafumin, Silas Temu, Monica Okuga, Darious Kajjo, Rogers Mandu, Joseph Akuze, Hudson Balidawa, Ulrika Baker, Tara Tancred
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ISSN:1748-5908
DOI:10.1186/1748-5908-9-41

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