Community perspectives and experiences of quality maternal and newborn care in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality maternal and newborn care is essential for improving the health of mothers and babies. Low- and middle-income countries, such as Papua New Guinea (PNG), face many barriers to achieving quality care for all. Efforts to improve the quality of maternal and newborn care must involve community in the design, implementation, and evaluation of initiatives to ensure that interventions are appropriate and relevant for the target community. We aimed to describe community members' perspectives and experiences of maternal and newborn care, and their ideas for improvement in one province, East New Britain, in PNG.

Methods

We undertook a qualitative descriptive study in partnership with and alongside five local health facilities, health care workers and community member

SUBMITTER: Wilson AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10360243 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature