OBJECTIVES To determine the quality of care provided by midwives in Soroti district; and specifically, to identify training needs, gaps in knowledge and other barriers to accessibility of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) services in Soroti district. DESIGN Cross-sectional descriptive study. SETTING One regional hospital, one district hospital, two health centres and four dispensaries, all he...

BACKGROUND Regular utilization of maternal health care services reduces maternal morbidity and mortality. This study assessed the maternal health care seeking behavior and associated factors of reproductive age women in rural villages of Haramaya district, East Ethiopia. METHODS Community based cross sectional study supplemented with qualitative data was conducted in Haramaya district from No...

TITLE Heteronormative communication with lesbian families in antenatal care, childbirth and postnatal care. AIM This paper is a report of a study of lesbian parents' experience of antenatal care, childbirth and postnatal care. BACKGROUND In a strictly heteronormative-based care system, 'parents' naturally implies a man and a woman, and all communication and routines are based on heterosexua...

BACKGROUND The status of men's knowledge of and awareness to maternal, neonatal and child health care are largely unknown in Bangladesh and the effect of community focused interventions in improving men's knowledge is largely unexplored. This study identifies the extent of men's knowledge and awareness on maternal, neonatal and child health issues between intervention and control groups. METH...

BACKGROUND Although there is a general agreement on the importance of antenatal care to improve the maternal and perinatal health, little is known about its importance to improve health facility delivery in developing countries. The objective of this study was to assess the association of antenatal care with birth in health facility. METHODS A systematic review with meta-analysis of Mantel-Ha...

OBJECTIVE This study identified the relationship between interventions with women's health volunteer groups in two Myanmar villages and maternal and child health outcomes. DESIGN AND SAMPLE This cross-sectional study included 188 women aged 15-49 years old with at least one ≤5-year-old child. The women were randomly selected from two control and two experimental villages. MEASURES Data were...

BACKGROUND Antenatal care has been routine practice throughout the world since early in the 20th century, and in most developed countries, antenatal care consists of a scheduled program of individual consultations with a healthcare practitioner, using a doctor or midwife. Women seek antenatal care that provides a physical review of the health and development of their unborn baby, the reassuranc...