The effects of maternity waiting homes on the health workforce and maternal health service delivery in rural Zambia: a qualitative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternity waiting homes (MWHs) are a potential strategy to address low facility delivery rates resulting from access-associated barriers in resource-limited settings. Within a cluster-randomized controlled trial testing a community-generated MWH model in rural Zambia, we qualitatively assessed how MWHs affect the health workforce and maternal health service delivery at their associated rural health centers.

Methods

Four rounds of in-depth interviews with district health staff (n = 21) and health center staff (n = 73) were conducted at intervention and control sites over 24 months. We conducted a content analysis using a mixed inductive-deductive approach. Data were interpreted through the lens of the World Health Organzation Health Systems Framework.

Results

SUBMITTER: Kaiser JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6894259 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature