TY - JOUR
T1 - Off to a rapid start
T2 - appraising maternal mortality and services
AU - Campbell, Oona
AU - Koblinsky, M.
AU - Taylor, P.
N1 - Funding Information:
The assessment tool was developed by pooling experience gained from over 20 country-specific assessments done in the course of two international programs: MotherCare Project of John Snow, Inc. funded by USAID and The Methodologies for Measuring Maternal Health Program of The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine funded by the UK Overseas Development Administration and the Ford Foundation. Most of these assessments were completed in 1-3 weeks, and confirmed that maternal mortality is a neglected area for strategic health planning, service provision and research. Where relevant, our experience is supplemented by examples of assessments cited in the literature.
Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1995/6
Y1 - 1995/6
N2 - Enthusiasm for 'doing something about Safe Motherhood" has been expressed in many developing countries, but priorities for action cannot be identified without adequately assessing a country's maternal mortality situation. It is also important, however, to avoid embarking on time-consuming research measuring indicators which are not essential to developing programs. After presenting an overview of ideal Safe Motherhood program components, the paper lists a series of questions which serve as an assessment tool for collecting useful information and for identifying data sources on maternal mortality and health. The framework for these questions centers around the following steps: (1) gaining an overview of health policy relevant to maternal mortality and morbidities; (2) assessing the magnitude and causes of maternal mortality and morbidity, and the characteristics of groups at particular risk; and (3) assessing the available inputs in terms of services (access, quality, providers, what is provided at various tiers, etc.) and in terms of the culture and existing resources and groups.
AB - Enthusiasm for 'doing something about Safe Motherhood" has been expressed in many developing countries, but priorities for action cannot be identified without adequately assessing a country's maternal mortality situation. It is also important, however, to avoid embarking on time-consuming research measuring indicators which are not essential to developing programs. After presenting an overview of ideal Safe Motherhood program components, the paper lists a series of questions which serve as an assessment tool for collecting useful information and for identifying data sources on maternal mortality and health. The framework for these questions centers around the following steps: (1) gaining an overview of health policy relevant to maternal mortality and morbidities; (2) assessing the magnitude and causes of maternal mortality and morbidity, and the characteristics of groups at particular risk; and (3) assessing the available inputs in terms of services (access, quality, providers, what is provided at various tiers, etc.) and in terms of the culture and existing resources and groups.
KW - Maternal morbidity
KW - Maternal mortality
KW - Safe motherhood
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U2 - 10.1016/0020-7292(95)02319-8
DO - 10.1016/0020-7292(95)02319-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 7672174
AN - SCOPUS:0028998015
SN - 0020-7292
VL - 48
SP - S33-S52
JO - International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
JF - International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
IS - SUPPL.
ER -