Experience of a telehealth and education program with maternal and perinatal outcomes in a low-resource region in Colombia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Maternal morbidity and mortality rates associated with perinatal care remain a significant public health concern. Rural populations from low and middle-income countries have multiple barriers to access that contribute to a lack of adherence to prenatal care, and high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity. An intervention model based on telehealth and education was implemented between a tertiary high complex care hospital and a second-level hospital from a limited source region.

Objectives

We sought to identify an association in maternal and perinatal care quality indicators after implementing a model based on telehealth and education for patients with obstetric emergencies between two hospitals in a southwestern region of Colombia.

Methods

We conducte

SUBMITTER: Escobar MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9336139 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature