Translating international guidelines for use in routine maternal and neonatal healthcare quality measurement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improving facility-based quality for maternal and neonatal care is the key to reducing morbidity and mortality rates in low- and middle-income countries. Recent guidance from WHO and others has produced a large number of indicators to choose from to track quality.

Objective

To explore how to translate complex global maternal and neonatal health standards into actionable application at the facility level.

Methods

We applied a two-step process as an example of how the 352 indicators in WHO's 2016 Standards for Improving Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care in Health Facilities might be reduced to only those with the strongest evidence base, associated with outcomes, and actionable by facility managers. We applied Hill criteria and assessed whether indicators

SUBMITTER: Chang KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7480423 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature