Survey of women's report for 33 maternal and newborn indicators: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Population-based household surveys, notably the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), remain the main source of maternal and newborn health data for many low- and middle-income countries. As part of the Every Newborn Birth Indicators Research Tracking in Hospitals (EN-BIRTH) study, this paper focuses on testing validity of measurement of maternal and newborn indicators around the time of birth (intrapartum and postnatal) in survey-report.

Methods

EN-BIRTH was an observational study testing the validity of measurement for selected maternal and newborn indicators in five secondary/tertiary hospitals in Bangladesh, Nepal and Tanzania, conducted from July 2017 to July 2018. We compared women's report at exit survey with th

SUBMITTER: Ameen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7995710 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature