Quality improvement collaboratives as part of a quality improvement intervention package for preterm births at sub-national level in East Africa: a multi-method analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality improvement collaboratives (QIC) are an approach to accelerate the spread and impact of evidence-based interventions across health facilities, which are found to be particularly successful when combined with other interventions such as clinical skills training. We implemented a QIC as part of a quality improvement intervention package designed to improve newborn survival in Kenya and Uganda. We use a multi-method approach to describe how a QIC was used as part of an overall improvement effort and describe specific changes measured and participant perceptions of the QIC.

Methods

We examined QIC-aggregated run charts on three shared indicators related to uptake of evidence-based practices over time and conducted key informant interviews to understand partici

SUBMITTER: Mandu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10749082 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature