Barriers to implementation of emergency obstetric and neonatal care in rural Pakistan.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Recognizing the need for improving maternal and newborn care, the Punjab public health department (Pakistan) launched emergency obstetric neonatal care (EmONC) services under WHO guideline. Unfortunately, the program implementation is facing some serious problems. The purpose of this study was to identify barriers to implementation of EmONC in district Bahawalnagar (Pakistan). METHODS:This study used sequential exploratory design. Specifically, a qualitative study was conducted to identify barriers to EmONC. Subsequently, the relative importance of these barriers was determined in a quantitative study. Participants were health service providers involved in 24-hours basic EmONC services in the basic health units of district Bahawalnagar (Pakistan). Qualitative data were gathered

SUBMITTER: Haider S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6830770 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature