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Measuring women’s experience of childbirth careValid methods for assessing women’s experiences of maternity care are essential to the global efforts toward providing positive childbirth environments for all women in all health facilities. This study, authored by Nasir Umar et al, used observation of childbirth as the reference standard compared to exit...
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Operationalising effective coverage measurementEstimating effective coverage of childbirth care requires linking population based data sources to health facility data. For effective coverage to gain widespread adoption there is a need to focus on the feasibility of constructing these measures using data typically available to decision makers in low resource...
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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 newborn health data in two regions of Ethiopia. In Ethiopia the Health Management Information System (HMIS) collects data predominantly related to service delivery at all levels...
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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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Measuring women’s experience of childbirth careValid methods for assessing women’s experiences of maternity care are essential to the global efforts toward providing positive childbirth...
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Operationalising effective coverage measurementEstimating effective coverage of childbirth care requires linking population based data sources to health facility data. For effective coverage to...
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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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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...