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Persistent Identifier
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doi:10.7910/DVN/VRAUAH |
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Publication Date
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2019-11-27 |
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Title
| Validating Indicators of Family Planning, Maternal and Newborn Care – Cambodia, Bangladesh and Kenya |
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Author
| Blanc, AnnPopulation Council |
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Point of Contact
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Description
| The overarching objective of the study is to improve the monitoring of the quality of maternal, newborn and family planning services through identifying and validating a set of indicators that can be accurately self-reported by women. The main research question is: can accurate information on the quality and content of received maternal and newborn care be self-reported by women in a survey format? The results of the study will inform the recommendation of a select number of indicators for regular use in household surveys as well as strategies to improve data collection. Specifically, the study assesses the accuracy of women’s reports of indicators of antenatal (ANC), family planning (FP) or maternal and newborn postnatal care (PNC). The study also provides insight into factors that are associated with the accuracy of reporting such as: visit number (e.g., first ANC or PNC visit, or follow-up), client age, prior parity, education level and infant age (for PNC visit). The study design for validation analyses relies on secondary analysis of matched observation and client interview data. We compare women’s reports of care received at exit interview to observation by a trained third-party observer using a structured checklist. Women’s reports of care received were collected via exit interview prior to her leaving the health facility following a health visit for herself or her newborn in health facilities located in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Kenya. Data were originally collected as part of an evaluation of a voucher and accreditation intervention led by the Population Council in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Kenya. The primary objective of the evaluation was to assess the influence of the voucher program on family planning and maternal and newborn health service utilization. A secondary objective of the voucher program was to determine whether the voucher program improved service quality by verifying service delivery through reimbursements to providers. |
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Subject
| Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Social Sciences |
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Keyword
| Reproductive Health
Voucher
Accreditation |
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Related Publication
| Bellows B, Warren C, Vonthanak S, Chhorvann C, Sokhom H, Men C, et al. Evaluation of the impact of the voucher and accreditation approach on improving reproductive behaviors and status in Cambodia. BMC Public Health. 2011;11(1):667. doi 10.1186/1471-2458-11-667
Warren C, Abuya T, Obare F, Sunday J, Njue R, Askew I, et al. Evaluation of the impact of the voucher and accreditation approach on improving reproductive health behaviors and status in Kenya. BMC Public Health. 2011 Dec 23;11(1):177. doi 10.1186/1471-2458-11-177
Talukder MN, Rob U, Musa SAJM, Bajracharya A, Keya KT, Noor FR, Jahan E, Hossain MI, Saha J, Bellows B. Evaluation of the impact of the voucher program for improving maternal health behavior and status in Bangladesh. Population Council: Dhaka. https://www.popcouncil.org/uploads/pdfs/2014RH_ImpactVoucherBangladesh.pdf |
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Notes
| Other co-investigators / collaborators: Katharine McCarthy, Independent Consultant Charlotte Warren, Population Council, Washington D.C., USA Ben Bellows, Population Council, Washington D.C., USA Ashish Bajracharya, Population Council, Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
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Language
| English |
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Funding Information
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
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Depositor
| GIRL Center |
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Deposit Date
| 2019-11-27 |
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Date of Collection
| Start Date: 2010; End Date: 2012
Start Date: 2011; End Date: 2013 |
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Data Type
| Pooled rounds of repeated cross-sectional data (baseline and follow-up) at each health facility |
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Series
| Evaluation of voucher and accreditation approach on improving maternal and reproductive health care access and quality of care (“Voucher study”): Principal Investigator: Ben Bellows, Population Council, Washington D.C., USA |
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Software
| Stata, Version: 15 |
