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COVID-19 Effect on Access to Maternal Health Services in Kenya

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2020
Introduction: Maternal mortality continues to be one of the biggest challenges of the health system in Kenya. Informal settlements in Kenya have been known to have higher rates of maternal mortality and also receive maternity services of varied quality ...
Jackline Oluoch-Aridi, Jackline Oluoch-Aridi, Tecla Chelagat, Mary M. Nyikuri, Joseph Onyango, Danice Guzman, Cindy Makanga, Laura Miller-Graff, Laura Miller-Graff, Robert Dowd   +9 more
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Cultural safety and maternity care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians [PDF]

, 2006
PurposeTo discuss cultural safety and critique the provision of culturally appropriate maternity services to remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia.ProcedureThe literature and policies around ‘culture’ and &lsquo ...
Barclay, Lesley M., Kildea, Sue V., Kruske, Sue   +2 more
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Muslim women’s experiences of maternity services in the UK: qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background This review aimed to identify and synthesise evidence of Muslim women’s experiences of maternity services in the UK. A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative evidence, unrestricted by type of publication was conducted.
Tasneema Firdous, Z. Darwin, S. Hassan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

System interventions to support rural access to maternity care: an analysis of the rural surgical obstetrical networks program

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background The Rural Surgical Obstetrical Networks (RSON) project was developed in response to the persistent attrition of rural maternity services across Canada over the past two decades.
Jude Kornelsen, Stephanie Lin, Kim Williams, Tom Skinner, Sean Ebert   +4 more
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Polish maternity services in times of crisis: in search of quality care for pregnant women and their babies

Health Care for Women International, 2020
The current COVID-19 pandemic put a burden on healthcare services around the globe and impacted many areas of care delivery, including maternity services.
Maria Węgrzynowska, A. Doroszewska, Magdalena Witkiewicz, B. Baranowska   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Costs of publicly provided maternity services in Rosario, Argentina [PDF]

, 2003
This material is posted here with permission of the publishers, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted.
Bastus, S, Belizan, M, Borghi, J, Carroli, G, Fox-Rushby, J, Hutton, G   +5 more
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Women’s Views of and Responses to Maternity Services Rendered during Labor and Childbirth in Maternity Units in a Semi-Rural District in South Africa

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Facility-based delivery is an important strategy to prevent poor labor outcomes, and midwives are at the center of maternal care. However, disrespectful and abusive maternal care by midwives is prevalent and leads to poor antenatal care utilization and ...
Elizabeth Zitha, M. Mokgatle
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Factors Affecting Satisfaction Regarding Maternity Services Among Postnatal Mothers in a Tertiary Hospital of Kathmandu

Journal of Nobel Medical College, 2019
Background: Maternal satisfaction towards care provided during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium is one of the key outcome measures for quality of care. In order to provide satisfactory maternity services health workers should focus on mother-friendly
Puspa Parajuli, Narayani Paudel
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Utilization of free maternity services among women of child bearing age in Machakos County, Kenya

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2021
INTRODUCTION: Globally, the rate of maternal mortality is unacceptably high with Kenya recording a rate of 362 maternal death per 100,000 live births. Even so, only 62% of women deliver under skilled health care.
Alice Mukunzu Ngesa, Joyce Kirui, Isaac Matheka, George Otieno, Alison Yoos   +4 more
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A case study on the use of Public Narrative as a leadership development approach for Patient Leaders in the English National Health Service

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundIn 2016 the National Health Service (NHS) England embraced the commitment to work for maternity services to become safer, more personalized, kinder, professional and more family-friendly.
Emilia Aiello, Kathryn Perera, Mo Ade, Teresa Sordé-Martí   +3 more
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