Because of challenges in measurement, progress can often only be tracked through the use of proxy measures, which increase the risk of inappropriate decisions being made in maternal and newborn health. This issue affects stakeholders around the world, particularly women and children who might benefit from life-saving interventions.
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Critically examining quality-adjusted coverage measuresImproving coverage measurement continues to be a key area of ongoing research with the IDEAS team. Currently the team is working in collaboration with the Child Health Accountability Tracking (CHAT) Technical Advisory Group, co-convened by WHO and UNICEF and supported by USAID, on a systematic review examining how...
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Adding Content to Contacts: Measurement of High Quality Contacts for Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia, North East Nigeria, and Uttar Pradesh, IndiaFamilies in high mortality settings need regular contact with high quality health services. This paper presents a method for estimating the population level coverage of high quality contacts.
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Changes in maternal and newborn health care in Uttar Pradesh, IndiaInteractions between families and frontline workers – their frequency, quality, and equity – and coverage of interventions for mothers and newborns in Uttar Pradesh, India
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Changes in maternal and newborn health care in Gombe State, NigeriaInteractions between families and frontline workers – their frequency, quality, and equity – and coverage of interventions for mothers and newborns in Gombe State, Nigeria.
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Changes in maternal and newborn health care in EthiopiaThe aim of this study was to estimate changes in maternal and newborn health care in areas of Ethiopia where implementation projects funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation were operating.
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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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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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Critically examining quality-adjusted coverage measuresImproving coverage measurement continues to be a key area of ongoing research with the IDEAS team. Currently the team is working in collaboration...
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Routine health management information system data in Ethiopia: consistency, trends and challengesThe paper, authored by analysts from the ORCA project, made use of a WHO data quality review toolkit and compared data from the Health Management...
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Using social media to improve routine data quality metricsHow is this all linked to social media? The study, published in BMJ Open, measured changes in data quality metrics before and after the...
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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...
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Half-way there: positive steps in maternal and newborn care in Northeast NigeriaThis IDEAS-led study, authored by Josephine Exley et al and published in BMJ Open, offers unique insights into the quality of care provided to...