Input, process, and output factors contributing to quality of antenatal care services: a scoping review of evidence

RB Khatri, TS Mengistu, Y Assefa - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022 - Springer
Background High-quality antenatal care (ANC) provides a lifesaving opportunity for women
and their newborns through providing health promotion, disease prevention, and early …

Antenatal care and opportunities for quality improvement of service provision in resource limited settings: A mixed methods study

A Solnes Miltenburg, L van der Eem, EC Nyanza… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Antenatal care is essential to improve maternal and newborn health and wellbeing. The
majority of pregnant women in Tanzania attend at least one visit. Since implementation of …

Quality of care in six sub-Saharan Africa countries: a provider-based study on adherence to WHO's antenatal care guideline

PO Owili, MA Muga, BR Mendez… - International Journal for …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objective Quality of care may help explain the high burden of disease in maternal, newborn
and child health in low-and middle-income countries even as access to care is improved …

Measuring quality of antenatal care: a secondary analysis of national survey data from India

L Singh, R Dubey, S Singh, R Goel… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the coverage and adequacy of antenatal care services (ANC) available
to women and examine the socio‐economic determinants affecting service utilisation …

Do sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women determine their perception of antenatal care quality?

OT Oladapo, MO Osiberu - Maternal and child health Journal, 2009 - Springer
Objectives To explore sociodemographic determinants of perceived quality of antenatal care
(ANC) at the primary care level. Methods A survey of 452 randomly selected pregnant …

Key factors associated with quality of postnatal care: A pooled analysis of 23 countries

S Zhao, Y Zhang, AY Xiao, Q He, K Tang - EClinicalMedicine, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Progress in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality, particularly in low-
income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and regions, is insufficient to achieve the …

Association of the quality of antenatal care with neonatal mortality: meta-analysis of individual participant data from 60 low-and middle-income countries

S Neupane, DT Doku - International Health, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background We investigated the quality of antenatal care (ANC) and its effect on neonatal
mortality in 60 low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Methods We used pooled …

Quality of antenatal care and associated factors in a rural county in Kenya: an assessment of service provision and experience dimensions

PA Afulani, L Buback, F Essandoh, J Kinyua… - BMC health services …, 2019 - Springer
Background This study aimed to assess the quality of antenatal care (ANC) women received
in Migori county, Kenya—including both service provision and experience dimensions—and …

Quality assessment indicators in antenatal care worldwide: a systematic review

LS Morón-Duarte, A Ramirez Varela… - … Journal for Quality in …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Purpose To describe indicators used for the assessment of antenatal care (ANC) quality
worldwide under the World Health Organization (WHO) framework and based on a …

Evaluating antenatal care in Liberia: evidence from the demographic and health survey

SR Blackstone - Women & Health, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Liberia has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios worldwide. Using quality antenatal
care (ANC) can prevent maternal mortality. Indicators of quality ANC include:(1) timing of …