Postnatal care education in health facilities in Accra, Ghana: perspectives of mothers and providers [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020 Background The recent use of antenatal care (ANC) has steadily improved in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), but postnatal care (PNC) has been widely underutilized.
Medge D. Owen +3 more
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Implementation matters: assessing the effectiveness and sustainment of an obstetric triage program at a high-volume facility in Ghana [PDF]
Implementation Science Communications, 2023 Background Maternal mortality remains stubbornly high in Ghana. Current national efforts are focused on improving the quality of care offered in health facilities.
Rohit Ramaswamy +10 more
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Increasing Regional Anesthesia Use in a Serbian Teaching Hospital through an International Collaboration [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2017 Many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) report low rates of regional anesthesia (RA) use for cesarean delivery (CD), despite its association with lower maternal major morbidity and mortality.
Curtis L. Baysinger +6 more
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A protocol for evaluating a multi-level implementation theory to scale-up obstetric triage in referral hospitals in Ghana [PDF]
Implementation Science, 2020 Background Ghana significantly reduced maternal and newborn mortality between 1990 and 2015, largely through efforts focused on improving access to care. Yet achieving further progress requires improving the quality and timeliness of care.
Caitlin R. Williams +4 more
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“Top-down bottom-up” estimation of per capita cost of new-born care interventions in four regions of Ghana: beyond implementation to scalability and sustainability [PDF]
Health Economics Review, 2021 Background Limited financial, human and material health resources coupled with increasing demand for new-born care services require efficiency in health systems to maximize the available sources for improved health outcomes.
Robert Kaba Alhassan +6 more
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Evaluation of two newborn resuscitation training strategies in regional hospitals in Ghana [PDF]
Resuscitation Plus, 2020 Aim: In Ghana, institutional delivery has been emphasized to improve maternal and newborn outcomes. The Making Every Baby Count Initiative, a large coordinated training effort, aimed to improve newborn outcomes through government engagement and provider ...
Kimberly P. Brathwaite +9 more
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Building health system capacity to improve maternal and newborn care: a pilot leadership program for frontline staff at a tertiary hospital in Ghana [PDF]
BMC Medical Education, 2019 Background Frontline healthcare workers are critical to meeting the maternal, newborn and child health Sustainable Development Goals in low- and middle-income countries.
Erin Pfeiffer +6 more
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Heykel Sanatında Kybele Temsilleri Bağlamında Kadın Bedeninin Dönüşümü
İstanbul Üniversitesi Kadın Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2022 Kadın bedeninin temsilinin sanatta önemli bir yeri vardır; Güzellik kavramının kadın bedeninde kişileşmesinin göstergesi olan tanrıça Afrodit heykelleri yerine bu yazıda Ana tanrıça kültü bağlamında kadın bedeninin, heykel sanatında, Kybele’nin seçilmiş ...
Füsun Deniz Özden
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The cost effectiveness of a quality improvement program to reduce maternal and fetal mortality in a regional referral hospital in Accra, Ghana. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 ObjectiveTo evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a quality improvement intervention aimed at reducing maternal and fetal mortality in Accra, Ghana.DesignQuasi-experimental, time-sequence intervention, retrospective cost-effectiveness analysis.MethodsData ...
David M Goodman +6 more
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Global health partnerships: building multi-national collaborations to achieve lasting improvements in maternal and neonatal health. [PDF]
Global Health, 2016 Ramaswamy R +4 more
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