Factors influencing awareness of healthcare providers on maternal sepsis: a mixed-methods approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An awareness campaign set to accompany the Global Maternal Sepsis Study (GLOSS) was launched in 2017. In order to better develop and evaluate the campaign, we sought to understand the factors that influence awareness of maternal sepsis by exploring healthcare providers' knowledge, perception of enabling environments, and perception of severity of maternal sepsis.

Methods

We used a mixed-methods approach that included 13 semi-structured interviews to GLOSS regional and country coordinators and 1555 surveys of providers working in GLOSS participating facilities. Directed content analysis and grounded theory were used for qualitative analysis, based on a framework including four overarching themes around maternal health conditions, determinants of maternal health, ba

SUBMITTER: Brizuela V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6547516 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature