Antenatal care processes in rural Southern Nepal: gaps in and quality of service provision-a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to compare a standard quality of care definition to one that reflected focused antenatal care (FANC) guidelines and examine associations with receipt of good quality of care.

Design

This study was a longitudinal cohort study.

Settings

Five government health posts in the Sarlahi district of Southern Nepal PARTICIPANTS: Pregnant women between the ages of 15 and 49 who presented for their first antenatal care (ANC) visit at the study health posts.

Main outcomes

There were two quality of care definitions: (1) provision of seven services at least once during pregnancy (QOC1) and (2) provision of services to reflect the FANC guidelines by incorporating a frequency of care dimension for certain services (QOC4+).

Results

There was var

SUBMITTER: Bryce E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8685974 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature