Implementation of a new program of gestational diabetes screening and management in Morocco: a qualitative exploration of health workers' perceptions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with an increased risk for a future type 2 diabetes mellitus in women and their children. As linkage between maternal health and non-communicable diseases, antenatal care plays a key role in the primary and secondary prevention of GDM associated adverse outcomes. While implementing a locally adapted GDM screening and management approach through antenatal care services at the primary level of care, we assessed its acceptability by the implementing health care providers.

Methods

As part of a larger implementation effectiveness study assessing a decentralized gestational diabetes screening and management approach in the prefecture of Marrakech and the rural district of Al Haouz in Morocco, we conducted four focus grou

SUBMITTER: Utz B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7245901 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature