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From Theory to Implementation: Adaptations to a Quality Improvement Initiative According to Implementing ContextAccess to maternal and newborn care is increasing but due to the poor quality of care provided this doesn’t necessarily lead to fewer avoidable deaths. Investments in quality improvement initiatives in health facilities are therefore seen as key interventions. This qualitative study explored how a quality improvement...
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Can quality improvement programmes affect health care workers’ motivation?
A knowledgeable and motivated workforce is critical for health systems to provide high-quality services. Many low- and middle-income countries
face shortages in human resources and low health worker motivation but are also home to an ever increasing number of quality improvement (QI)
programmes.
This study, authored by...
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Improved antenatal care but postnatal care remains alarmingly lowThe Community Based Newborn Care (CBNC) programme encompassed nine components aiming to provide life-saving services to mothers and newborns. These included early identification of pregnant women, provision of ANC, promotion of facility delivery and management of sick newborns. The IDEAS team used a before and after...
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How health care workers choose their jobs: a discrete choice experiment in EthiopiaThis study unlike many others, which interview doctors or medical students, aimed to understand job preferences of lower-skilled cadres such as community health workers, mid-skilled clinical care staff such as nurses and midwives, or non-patient facing staff who manage health facilities. The study, authored by...
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From Theory to Implementation: Adaptations to a Quality Improvement Initiative According to Implementing ContextAccess to maternal and newborn care is increasing but due to the poor quality of care provided this doesn’t necessarily lead to fewer avoidable...
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Embedding Community-Based Newborn Care in the Ethiopian health system: lessons from a 4-year programme evaluationThis study was published as part of journal supplement on Reimagening health systems for better health and social justice in Health Policy and...
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How health care workers choose their jobs: a discrete choice experiment in EthiopiaThis study unlike many others, which interview doctors or medical students, aimed to understand job preferences of lower-skilled cadres such as...
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Can quality improvement programmes affect health care workers’ motivation?
A knowledgeable and motivated workforce is critical for health systems to provide high-quality services. Many low- and middle-income countries
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The health system has to be ready: introducing a new health service in EthiopiaThe Community-Based Newborn Care programme (CBNC) was introduced at district level in Ethiopia in 2014 in response to the country’s high...
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Improved antenatal care but postnatal care remains alarmingly lowThe Community Based Newborn Care (CBNC) programme encompassed nine components aiming to provide life-saving services to mothers and newborns....
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