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Inequalities in effective coverage measures: are we asking too much of the data?This commentary by Josephine Exley and Tanya Marchant, published in BMJ Global Health reviews methodological constraints that limit measuring inequalities in effective coverage when using only population-based data and linked population and health facility data. When using population-level data alone, the authors find...
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How context influences quality improvement initiativesThis study, published in BMJ Open Quality, aims to understand the influence of context on the choice of change concepts implemented by public primary and secondary level health facilities, as well as private health facilities in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study team used qualitative methods including reviewing...
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To call or not to call: comparing results from face-to-face surveys and mobile phone interviewsThis IDEAS-led study, published in BMJ Global Health, analysed the validity of data generated through telephone interviews, when compared to data generated through exit surveys 14 months before when women were interviewed leaving a health facility after giving birth to a live baby. The study investigated eight...
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Strong political leadership drives changeThis paper, recently published in BMJ Open, sets out to quantify changes in the coverage, quality and equity of essential care for mothers and newborns in Gombe state, Northeast Nigeria. The Gombe Partnership for Maternal and Newborn Health was implemented between 2016 and 2019. The partnership between multiple...
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Inequalities in effective coverage measures: are we asking too much of the data?This commentary by Josephine Exley and Tanya Marchant, published in BMJ Global Health reviews methodological constraints that limit measuring...
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Why data falsification happensThis qualitative study published in BMJ Global Health aimed to understand reasons why healthcare providers intentionally falsify maternal and...
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How context influences quality improvement initiativesThis study, published in BMJ Open Quality, aims to understand the influence of context on the choice of change concepts implemented by public...
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To call or not to call: comparing results from face-to-face surveys and mobile phone interviewsThis IDEAS-led study, published in BMJ Global Health, analysed the validity of data generated through telephone interviews, when compared to data...
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Strong political leadership drives changeThis paper, recently published in BMJ Open, sets out to quantify changes in the coverage, quality and equity of essential care for mothers and...
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To use effective coverage measures in practice we need greater harmonisation and transparencyA systematic review, published in the Journal of Global Health, aimed to examine how effective coverage measures of life-saving interventions from...
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How do we measure women’s experience of childbirth care?When women go to a health facility to deliver, they expect to be looked after – to receive all the clinical care necessary to ensure their...
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Three lessons to improve quality of care for newborns in IndiaBy the time you finish reading this blog, 71 newborns will have died globally, including 15 in India alone. By the time you finish reading this...
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Listening to Gombe MothersFeedback from patients about their experience of health care is a critically important step to improving quality of care. But mechanisms for...