Influence of community scorecards on maternal and newborn health service delivery and utilization.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The community score card (CSC) is a participatory monitoring and evaluation tool that has been employed to strengthen the mutual accountability of health system and community actors. In this paper we describe the influence of the CSC on selected maternal and newborn service delivery and utilization indicators.

Methods

This was a mixed methods study that used both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. It was implemented in five sub-counties and one town council in Kibuku district in Uganda. Data was collected through 17 key informant interviews and 10 focus group discussions as well as CSC scoring and stakeholder meeting reports. The repeated measures ANOVA test was used to test for statistical significance. Qualitative data was analyzed manually

SUBMITTER: Kiracho EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7604954 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature