Stakeholders perceptions regarding implementing maternal and newborn health care programs in Rwanda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While maternal and newborn deaths has been decreasing since 2008 in Rwanda, there is room for improvement to meet its sustainable development goals. The maternal and newborn health care program needs to be monitored to ensure its effective implementation. This study therefore aimed to explore stakeholder's perceptions of the Rwandan maternal and newborn health care program to identify areas for improvement.

Methods

The convergent, parallel, mixed method study used quantitative and qualitative data in a single phase. The quantitative data was obtained from 79 health care workers, ranging from maternal community health care workers to program supervisors. The 10 areas of the Project Implementation Profile (PIP) instrument checklist with a five-point Likert scale wer

SUBMITTER: Nishimwe C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8359551 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature