Background: Understanding causes and contributors to maternal mortality is critical from a quality improvement perspective to inform…
Medicine & Health
Protected: Improving Maternal Health Measurements
This collaboration with Harvard University and PLOS collates research that provides insight to how maternal health measurements can be improved in order to progress the ending of preventable maternal mortality. Including methodological reports and original research findings that document the process and outcomes of this work.
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PLOS ONE Validating the indicator “maternal death review coverage” to improve maternal mortality data: A retrospective analysis of district, facility, and individual medical record data
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Image creditBlue stethoscope by Jack Sem Semtrio, CC BY 2.0PLOS ONE Accountability for maternal and newborn health: Why measuring and monitoring broader social, political, and health system determinants matters
This article offers four key lessons learned from a set of seven studies undertaken as part of the collection entitled, “Improving…
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PLOS ONE Measuring Social, Economic, Policy, and Health System Determinants of Maternal Health and Survival: An Urgent Global Priority
In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) released global targets and strategies for reducing maternal mortality in the Sustainable…
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PLOS ONE Validating indicators for monitoring availability and geographic distribution of emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmoNC) facilities: A study triangulating health system, facility, and geospatial data
Availability of emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) is a strong supply side measure of essential health system capacity that is…
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PLOS ONE Authorization of midwives to perform basic emergency obstetric and newborn care signal functions in Argentina, Ghana, and India: A multi-country validation study of a key global maternal and newborn health indicator
Background: Midwives’ authorization to deliver the seven basic emergency obstetric and newborn care (BEmONC) functions is a core policy…
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PLOS ONE Validating midwifery professionals’ scope of practice and competency: A multi-country study comparing national data to international standards
Background: There is a global shortage of midwives, whose services are essential to meet the healthcare needs of pregnant women and…
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PLOS ONE “Factors associated with provider unwillingness to perform induced abortion in Argentina: A cross-sectional study in four provinces following the legalization of abortion on request”
Background: The 2020 Law on Access to the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy is a landmark piece of legislation regarding access to…
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PLOS ONE Validation of a measure to assess decision-making autonomy in family planning services in three low- and middle-income countries: The Family Planning Autonomous Decision-Making scale (FP-ADM)
Background: Integrating measures of respectful care is an important priority in family planning programs, aligned with maternal health…
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PLOS ONE Revising the definition of “demand satisfied for modern methods of family planning:” A cross-sectional study to explore incorporating person-centered constructs of demand, choice, and satisfaction
Several challenges to validity have been identified with standard approaches used to measure “demand satisfied for modern methods of…
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PLOS ONE Measuring adequacy of the midwifery workforce using standards of competency and scope of work: Exploring the density and distribution of midwives in three low- and middle-income countries using cross-sectional and geospatial data
Background: A global midwifery shortage hampers the goal of ending preventable maternal/newborn mortality and stillbirths. Whether current…
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PLOS ONE Improving measures of access to legal abortion: A validation study triangulating multiple data sources to assess a global indicator
Background: Global mechanisms have been established to monitor and facilitate state accountability regarding the legal status of abortion.…
PLOS Medicine
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PLOS Medicine Comparative analysis of 2 approaches to monitor countries’ progress towards full and equal access to sexual and reproductive health care, information, and education in 75 countries: An observational validation study
Background: Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 5.6.2 is the “Number of countries with laws and regulations that guarantee full…
Dept. Global Health and Population, Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health
