Effects of a participatory community quality improvement strategy on improving household and provider health care behaviors and practices: a propensity score …

T Wereta, W Betemariam, AM Karim… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2018 - Springer
Background Maternal and newborn health care intervention coverage has increased in
many low-income countries over the last decade, yet poor quality of care remains a …

Effectiveness of participatory community solutions strategy on improving household and provider health care behaviors and practices: A mixed-method evaluation

GT Tiruneh, NF Zemichael, WA Betemariam, AM Karim - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction We implemented a participatory quality improvement strategy in eight primary
health care units of Ethiopia to improve use and quality of maternal and newborn health …

Integrating community outreach into a quality improvement project to promote maternal and child health in Ghana

LE Cofie, C Barrington, A Akaligaung, A Reid… - Global public …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Quality improvement (QI) is used to promote and strengthen maternal and child health
services in middle-and low-income countries. Very little research has examined community …

Impact of a bottom-up community engagement intervention on maternal and child health services utilization in Ghana: a cluster randomised trial

RK Alhassan, E Nketiah-Amponsah, MA Ayanore… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Ghana is among African countries not likely to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goal (SDG) three (3) target of reducing maternal mortality to 70 per 100,000 …

Effects of the EQUIP quasi-experimental study testing a collaborative quality improvement approach for maternal and newborn health care in Tanzania and Uganda

P Waiswa, F Manzi, G Mbaruku, AK Rowe, M Marx… - Implementation …, 2017 - Springer
Background Quality improvement is a recommended strategy to improve implementation
levels for evidence-based essential interventions, but experience of and evidence for its …

Improving coverage of postnatal care in rural Ethiopia using a community‐based, collaborative quality improvement approach

S Tesfaye, D Barry, AG Gobezayehu… - Journal of midwifery …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Ethiopia has high maternal and neonatal mortality and low use of skilled
maternity care. The Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia Partnership (MaNHEP), a 3.5 …

How people-centred health systems can reach the grassroots: experiences implementing community-level quality improvement in rural Tanzania and Uganda

T Tancred, R Mandu, C Hanson… - Health policy and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Quality improvement (QI) methods engage stakeholders in identifying
problems, creating strategies called change ideas to address those problems, testing those …

The impacts of quality improvement on maternal and newborn health: preliminary findings from a health system integrated intervention in four Ethiopian regions

AK Hagaman, K Singh, M Abate, H Alemu… - BMC health services …, 2020 - Springer
Background Quality improvement (QI) methods are effective in improving healthcare delivery
using sustainable, collaborative, and cost-effective approaches. Systems-integrated …

Community participation and maternal health service utilization: lessons from the health extension programme in rural southern Ethiopia

DG Datiko, EM Bunte, GB Birrie… - Journal of Global …, 2019 - researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk
Background Health extension workers (HEWs) are the implementers of the unique primary
health care programme of Ethiopia. They facilitate community participation in maternal …

A systems approach to improving rural care in Ethiopia

EH Bradley, P Byam, R Alpern, JW Thompson… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Multiple interventions have been launched to improve the quality, access, and
utilization of primary health care in rural, low-income settings; however, the success of these …