Knowledge of danger signs during pregnancy and subsequent healthcare seeking actions among women in Urban Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

B Mwilike, G Nalwadda, M Kagawa, K Malima… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2018 - Springer
Background Tanzania is among the countries with a high maternal mortality ratio. However,
it remains unclear how information and education on danger signs of pregnancy translate …

Factors influencing the use of antenatal care in rural West Sumatra, Indonesia

Y Agus, S Horiuchi - BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2012 - Springer
Background Every year, nearly half a million women and girls needlessly die as a result of
complications during pregnancy, childbirth or the 6 weeks following delivery. Almost all …

Knowledge about obstetric danger signs and associated factors among mothers in Tsegedie district, Tigray region, Ethiopia 2013: community based cross-sectional …

D Hailu, H Berhe - Plos one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background In many developing countries including Ethiopia, maternal morbidity and
mortality still pose a substantial burden and thus progress towards the fifth Millennium …

Improving health literacy through group antenatal care: a prospective cohort study

JR Lori, H Ofosu-Darkwah, CJ Boyd, T Banerjee… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2017 - Springer
Background To examine whether exposure to group antenatal care increased women's
health literacy by improving their ability to interpret and utilize health messages compared to …

Pooled prevalence and associated factors of chronic undernutrition among under-five children in East Africa: a multilevel analysis

GA Tesema, Y Yeshaw, MG Worku, ZT Tessema… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Childhood undernutrition is the leading cause of under-five mortality and
morbidity in the world particularly in East African countries. Although there are studies on …

Training and supervision did not meaningfully improve quality of care for pregnant women or sick children in sub-Saharan Africa

HH Leslie, A Gage, H Nsona, LR Hirschhorn… - Health Affairs, 2016 - healthaffairs.org
In-service training courses and supportive supervision of health workers are among the most
common interventions to improve the quality of health care in low-and middle-income …

Determinants of maternal health services utilization in urban settings of the Democratic Republic of Congo–a case study of Lubumbashi City

AN ML, FM K, M Dramaix-Wilmet, P Donnen - BMC pregnancy and …, 2012 - Springer
Background The use of maternal health services, known as an indirect indicator of perinatal
death, is still unknown in Lubumbashi. The present study was therefore undertaken in order …

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 …

Knowledge about danger signs of obstetric complications and associated factors among postnatal mothers of Mechekel District Health Centers, East Gojjam Zone …

G Amenu, Z Mulaw, T Seyoum, H Bayu - Scientifica, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Developing countries like Ethiopia contributed highest level of maternal
mortality due to obstetric complications. Women awareness of obstetric danger sign to …

Awareness of danger signs and symptoms of pregnancy complication among women in Jordan

A Okour, M Alkhateeb, Z Amarin - International Journal of Gynecology & …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To assess the level and determinants of awareness of the danger signs and
symptoms of pregnancy complication among pregnant Jordanian women aged 15years and …