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Continuum of maternity care in Zambia: a national representative survey [PDF]

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Globally, over half of maternal deaths are related to pregnancy-related complications. Provision of a continuum of care during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period results in reduced maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality ...
Quraish Sserwanja, Milton W. Musaba, Linet M. Mutisya, Emmanuel Olal, David Mukunya   +4 more
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Coverage-level and predictors of maternity continuum of care in Nigeria: implications for maternal, newborn and child health programming

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background Completing maternity continuum of care from pregnancy to postpartum is a core strategy to reduce the burden of maternal and neonatal mortality dominant in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria.
Oyewole Kazeem Oyedele, Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Odunayo Joshua Akinyemi, Ayo Stephen Adebowale   +3 more
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The mistreatment of women during maternity care and its association with the maternal continuum of care in health facilities

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Mistreatment of childbearing women continues despite global attention to respectful care. In Ethiopia, although there have been reports of mistreatment of women during maternity care, the influence of this mistreatment on the continuum of ...
Habtamu Kasaye, Vanessa Scarf, Annabel Sheehy, Kathleen Baird   +3 more
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Barriers and facilitators to engage with the maternity continuum of care in northwest Ethiopia: a qualitative descriptive study

Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
Aim: Globally, women’s engagement with the maternity continuum of care throughout pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period helps reduce maternal and newborn deaths.
Birye Dessalegn Mekonnen, Vidanka Vasilevski, Ayele Geleto Bali, Linda Sweet   +3 more
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Empowerment dimensions and their relationship with continuum care for maternal health in Bangladesh [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2021
AbstractOne of the most important approaches to improving the health of mothers and newborns has been the continuum of care (CoC) for maternal health. Women's lack of empowerment may be an obstacle to accessing CoC in male-dominated societies. However, research often defines empowerment narrowly, despite the fact that multiple components of empowerment
Rezwanur Rahman, Mosiur Rahman, Syed Emdadul Haque   +2 more
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Spatial patterns of maternal and neonatal continuum of care use and its correlations with women’s empowerment

BMC Health Services Research
Background The continuum of care (CoC) in maternal health refers to the continuity of individual reproductive health care across the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods.
Getiye Dejenu Kibret, Daniel Demant, Angela Dawson, Andrew Hayen   +3 more
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Patterns and determinants of dropout from maternity care continuum in Nigeria [PDF]

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2016
El continuo de atención de la salud materna, neonatal e infantil requiere que la pareja madre/hijo reciba el paquete completo de atención prenatal, intraparto y posnatal para obtener los máximos beneficios. La continuidad de la atención es un desafío en el África subsahariana.
Joshua O. Akinyemi, Rotimi Felix Afolabi, Olutosin Awolude   +2 more
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Predictors of the utilisation of continuum of maternal health care services in India

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Abstract Background Utilisation of continuum of maternal health care services is crucial for a healthy pregnancy and childbirth and plays an important role in attaining Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to maternal and child health.
Sumirtha Gandhi, Supriya Gandhi, Umakant Dash, M. Suresh Babu   +3 more
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Determinants of the Continuum of Maternal Health Care in Cambodia:  an analysis of the Cambodia Demographic Health Survey 2014 [PDF]

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Abstract Introduction: Cambodia has achieved significant progress in maternal health, yet remains in the group of countries with the highest maternal mortality ratio in South-East Asia. Extra efforts are needed to improve maternal health through assessing the coverage of maternal health services as a continuum of care (CoC) and identifying the ...
Chham, Savina, Radovich, Emma, Buffel, Veerle, Ir, Por, Wouters, Edwin   +4 more
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Women's autonomy and completion of continuum of care in maternal healthcare

European Journal of Public Health, 2023
Abstract Background In low- and middle-income countries, interventions to improve maternal health services throughout pregnancy, during labor, and after delivery are often targeted independently. For health optimization, it is important to adopt a more comprehensive approach and identify factors that ...
Jung, S H, Kim, R K
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