Impact of rural Family Physician programme on maternal and child health indicators in Iran: an interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The establishment of the Family Physician (FP) programme in the rural areas of Iran in 2005 has made health services accessible and affordable. This paper aims to assess the overall trends of maternal and child health (MCH) indicators in a 20-year period and possible effects of the FP programme (intervention) on these indicators in Iran.

Design and setting

An interrupted time series analysis was conducted on 20 annual MCH-related data points from 1994 to 2013. The intervention time was at the 12th data point in 2005.

Outcomes

MCH indicators were grouped into three categories: structure (mother's age, education, occupation and gravidity), process (number of antenatal care visits (ACVs), laboratory tests, ultrasounds and natural vaginal deliveri

SUBMITTER: Jabbari Beyrami H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6340439 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature