Limitations of Home-Visiting Programs T use of home visitors to deliver services designed to improve the well-being of children and their families has drawn the increasing interest of policymakers, including President Barack Obama, who last year proposed a federal investment of more than $8 billion over the next 10 years in programs that use home visitation as a method of service delivery. Mean...

AIM To gain a deeper understanding of first-time parents' experiences of early discharge from hospital after delivery and home-based postnatal care. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was comprised of focus group interviews, interviews with couples and with fathers. Twenty-one parents participated. INCLUSION CRITERIA healthy women who have given birth to their first child after a normal pregnan...

Background Intrapartum complications increase the risk of perinatal deaths. However, population-based data from developing countries assessing the contribution of intrapartum complications to perinatal deaths is scarce. Methods Using data from a cohort of pregnant women followed between 2011 and 2013 in Bangladesh, this study examined the rate and types of intrapartum complications, the assoc...

The study measured cost-effectiveness of home care for severely disabled persons. Findings support home care as more cost-effective than other alternatives for ventilator-dependent persons. Home care-related policy reform in Medicaid, Medicare, Supplemental Security Income, and subsidized housing, coupled with a coordinated service delivery system, could save millions of public dollars. To acco...

BACKGROUND High maternal mortality continues to be a major public health problem in most part of the developing world, including Nigeria. Understanding the utilization pattern of maternal healthcare services has been accepted as an important factor for reducing maternal deaths. This study investigates the effect of neighborhood and individual socioeconomic position on the utilization of differe...

INTRODUCTION In a previous qualitative study in Afar, it was reported that most mothers deliver at home, assisted by Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs). However, determinant factors of delivery practices in this region remain scarcely explored. The objective of this study was to elucidate these factors among the Afar community. METHODS This cross sectional study was conducted in April 2011 i...

BACKGROUND Despite the pregnancy complications related to home births, homes remain yet major place of delivery in Pakistan and 65 percent of totals births take place at home. This work analyses the determinants of place of delivery in Pakistan. METHODS Multivariate Logistic regression is used for analysis. Data are extracted from Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (2006-07). Based on inf...

This book is a result of a study assigned to the Committee on Human-Systems Integration of the National Research Council. The purpose was to conduct a widespread investigation of the role of human factors in home health care delivery trends and resulting challenges. To achieve that goal a 19strong Committee was founded to explore home care issues through the lens of human factors and to make re...

This paper introduces a research exploring the important strategic elements and their prioritisation for e-retailers’ home delivery supply’s efficacy improvement. The research was completed through literature review, focus group, survey and importanceperformance analysis (IPA). It identified, confirmed and prioritised a set of explicitly important strategic elements currently deemed important b...