Detection of high-risk pregnancies in low-resource settings: a case study in Guatemala.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal and neonatal mortality is still very high at a global level, even though its reduction is a goal established among the Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations. In order to improve prenatal care to address this challenge, this article proposes a strategy to detect and refer high risk pregnancies in rural setting through a portable ultrasound system combined with blood and urine strip tests.

Methods

The Healthy Pregnancy project was conceived as a single, explanatory and positivist case study, with a sample of ten thousand pregnant women attended by itinerant nurses of the Departments of Alta Verapaz and San Marcos. These nurses were trained and equipped with 31 portable ultrasound, and blood and urine tests to detect common obstetric pathology.

SUBMITTER: Crispin Milart PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6560738 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature