Enhanced quality of nutrition services during antenatal care through interventions to improve maternal nutrition in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality antenatal care (ANC) services are critical for maternal health and nutrition. Information on the quality of nutrition interventions during ANC is scarce in low- and middle-income countries. We examined the effects of intensified maternal nutrition interventions during ANC on service readiness, provision of care, and experience of care and assessed the inter-relationships between the dimensions of quality.

Methods

We used data from impact evaluations of maternal nutrition interventions in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and India. We calculated the quality of nutrition services during ANC using information from health facility assessments, health care provider interviews, ANC observations, and client exit interviews. We used structural equation models t

SUBMITTER: Nguyen PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11906204 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature