Facilitating better postnatal care with women-held documents in The Gambia: a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women-held documents are a basic component of continuity of maternity care. The use and completion of women-held documents following discharge could improve treatment and care for postnatal women. Using a mixed-methods study design, we aimed to assess the number, type, quality and completeness of women-held discharge documents, identify factors contributing to document completeness and facilitators or barriers for effective use of the documents.

Methods

Documents given to women at discharge from three hospitals in the Greater Banjul Area, The Gambia, were reviewed for content and quality. All women completed a questionnaire on the use of the documents. Poisson regression was used to estimate factors predicting document completion. Semi-structured interviews (n = 2

SUBMITTER: Gooden T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8254330 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature