Maternity waiting homes as part of a comprehensive approach to maternal and newborn care: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increased encounters with the healthcare system at multiple levels have the potential to improve maternal and newborn outcomes. The literature is replete with evidence on the impact of antenatal care and postnatal care to improve outcomes. Additionally, maternity waiting homes (MWHs) have been identified as a critical link in the continuum of care for maternal and newborn health yet there is scant data on the associations among MWH use and antenatal/postnatal attendance, family planning and immunization rates of newborns.

Methods

A cross-sectional household survey was conducted to collect data from women who delivered a child in the past 13 months from catchment areas associated with 40 healthcare facilities in seven rural Saving Mothers Giving Life districts in Z

SUBMITTER: Lori JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6610940 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature