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dc.contributor.author | Kihara, A-B | - |
dc.contributor.author | Harries, A. D | - |
dc.contributor.author | Bissell, K | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kizito, W | - |
dc.contributor.author | Berg, R. Van Den | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mueke, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kizito, W | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mwangi, A | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sitene, J. C | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gathara, D | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kosgei, R. J | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kiarie, J | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gichang, P | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-31T07:44:11Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-31T07:44:11Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015-03-21 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.14.0070 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/6181 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Setting: A rural private health facility, Ruby Medical Cen tre (RMC), participating in a safe motherhood health voucher system for poor women in Kiambu County, Kenya. Objectives: Between 2007 and 2013, to determine 1) the number of women who delivered at the RMC, their characteristics and pregnancy-related outcomes, and 2) the number of women who received an incomplete ante natal care (ANC) package and associated factors. Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study using routine programme data. Results: During the study period, 2635 women delivered at the RMC: 50% were aged 16–24 years, 60% trans ferred in from other facilities and 59% started ANC in the third trimester of pregnancy. Of the 2635 women, 1793 (68%) received an incomplete ANC package: 347 (13%) missed essential blood tests, 312 (12%) missed the teta nus toxoid immunisation and 1672 (65%) had fewer than four visits. Presenting late and starting ANC else where were associated with an incomplete package. One pregnancy-related mortality occurred; the stillbirth rate was 10 per 1000 births. Conclusion: This first assessment of the health voucher system in rural Kenya showed problems in ANC quality. Despite favourable pregnancy-related outcomes, in creased efforts should be made to ensure earlier presen tation of pregnant women, comprehensive ANC, and more consistent and accurate monitoring of reproductive indicators and interventions | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | International union against tuberculosis and lung disease | en_US |
dc.subject | Antenatal care | en_US |
dc.subject | Voucher system | en_US |
dc.subject | Pregnancy-related outcomes | en_US |
dc.title | Antenatal care and pregnancy outcomes in a safe motherhood health voucher system in rural Kenya, 2007–2013 | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | School of Medicine |
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