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New resource additions to the IDEAS Maternal and Child Health library during June to September 2012 Below are brief details of the 184 new resources that have been added to the IDEAS Mat

New resource additions to the IDEAS Maternal and Child Health library during June to September 2012

Below are brief details of the 184 new resources that have been added to the IDEAS Maternal and Newborn Health Library: A library of around 2,000 resources relating to Maternal and Newborn Health and other topics relevant to the work of IDEAS e.g economic evaluation, scale-up and diffusion etc

Where the full text is available through Open Access, there is a note after the URL Other URLs give access to abstracts IDEAS Technical Resource Centre members can access some resources via ideas-trc.lshtm.ac.uk

There are a number of access schemes that make academic journals and papers available to people in low- and middle-income countries through which you may be able you to access the full text of

resources that are otherwise available through subscription

http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNACR636.pdf

Abhulimhen-Iyoha, B I and M O Ibadin Determinants of cord care practices among mothers in Benin

City, Edo State, Nigeria Niger J Clin Pract (2012) 15(2): 210-213

The objective of this study was to determine the factors that influence cord care practices among mothers in Benin City

http://www.njcponline.com/article.asp?issn=1119-3077;year=2012;volume=15;issue=2;spage=210;epage=213;aulast=Abhulimhen-Iyoha

Abimbola, S., U Okoli, et al The Midwives Service Scheme in Nigeria PLoS Med (2012) 9(5): 5

Nigeria, with more than 140 million people, including 31 million women of childbearing age and 28 million children under the age of five, is by far the most populous African country However, the

maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in Nigeria is 545/100,000 live births, as only one in three births in Nigeria is attended by skilled personnel, less than 20% of children are fully immunised at age one, and 36% of pregnant women do not receive antenatal care (ANC) Thus, strengthening these services is an urgent imperative

http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001211

Aday, L A and R Andersen A framework for the study of access to medical care Health Services Research (1974) 9(3): 208-220

Definitions and aspects of the concept of access to medical care are reviewed and integrated into a framework that views health policy as designed to affect characteristics of the health care delivery system and of the population at risk in order to bring about changes in the utilization of health care services and in the satisfaction of consumers with those services

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1071804/pdf/hsresearch00560-0030.pdf

Adebowale, A S., B O Yusuf, et al Survival probability and predictors for woman experience

childhood death in Nigeria: Analysis of north-south differentials BMC Public Health (2012) 12(430)

There is dearth of information on the comparison of childhood mortality probability and its causal factors in the Northern and Southern Nigeria This study was designed to fill these gaps

http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-12-430.pdf

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Adebowale, S A., F A Fagbamigbe, et al Contraceptive use: implication for completed fertility, parity

progression and maternal nutritional status in Nigeria Afr J Reprod Health (2011) 15(4): 60-67

This study identified socio-demographic factors influencing contraceptive use while using nutritional status, completed fertility and parity progression as key variables

http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajrh/article/viewFile/74794/65397

Adegoke, A A., M Campbell, et al Community study of maternal mortality in South West Nigeria: How

applicable is the sisterhood method Matern Child Health J (2012)

This paper reports the first community based study that measures the incidence of maternal mortality in Ibadan, Nigeria using the indirect sisterhood method and explores the applicability of this method in a community where maternal mortality is not a rare event

http://www.springerlink.com/content/8865270g10k7w881/

Aggarwal, R and A Thind Effect of maternal education on choice of location for delivery among Indian

women National Medical Journal of India (2011) 24(6 ): 328-334

A study of the effect of maternal education on the choice of location for delivery in the Indian

population

http://www.nmji.in/archives/Volume-24/Issue-6/Original-Article-I.pdf

Ahmed, T., M Mahfuz, et al Nutrition of children and women in Bangladesh: trends and directions for

the future J Health Popul Nutr (2012) 30(1): 1-11

Although child and maternal malnutrition has been reduced in Bangladesh, the prevalence of

underweight children aged less than five years is still high (41%) Nearly one-third of women are

undernourished with body mass index of <18.5 kg/m2 The prevalence of anaemia among young infants, adolescent girls, and pregnant women is still at unacceptable levels Despite the successes in specific programmes, such as the Expanded Programme on Immunization and vitamin A supplementation, programmes for nutrition interventions are yet to be implemented at scale for reaching the entire population

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312353/?tool=pubmed

Alvord, S H., L D Brown, et al Social Entrepreneurship and Societal Transformation The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science (2004) 40(3): 260-282

This study provides a comparative analysis of 7 cases of social entrepreneurship that have been widely recognized as successful The article suggests factors associated with successful social entrepreneurship, particularly with social entrepreneurship that leads to significant changes in the social, political, and economic contexts for poor and marginalized groups

http://jab.sagepub.com/content/40/3/260.abstract

Amoran, O E A comparative analysis of predictors of teenage pregnancy and its prevention in a rural

town in Western Nigeria International Journal for Equity in Health (2012) 11(37)

Teenagers younger than 15 are five times more likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth than women

in their twenties and mortality rates for their infants are higher as well This study was therefore

designed to determine the recent prevalence and identify factors associated with teenage pregnancy in

a rural town in Nigeria

http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/pdf/1475-9276-11-37.pdf

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reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

Assefa, N., Y Berhane, et al Wealth status, mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) and antenatal care

(ANC) are determinants for low birth weight in Kersa, Ethiopia PLoS One (2012) 7(6): e39957

Low Birth Weight (LBW) is one of the major risk factor for death in early life However, little is known about predictors of LBW in sub-Saharan Africa Therefore, the aim of this study was to measure the incidence and determinants of LBW in a rural population of Ethiopia

http://dx.doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0039957

Assefa, N., Y Berhane, et al The hazard of pregnancy loss and stillbirth among women in Kersa, East

Ethiopia: A follow up study Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (2012) 3(3): 107-112

Although pregnancy loss causes considerable challenge to women’s health, population-based studies in rural areas are not widely available in low-income countries This study aims to determine the hazard of pregnancy loss and related factors in the rural communities of Ethiopia

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22980735

Atun, R., T de Jongh, et al Integration of targeted health interventions into health systems: a

conceptual framework for analysis Health Policy and Planning (2010) 25(2): 104-111

The proposed conceptual framework and the analytical approach are intended to facilitate analysis in evaluative and formative studies of—and policies on—integration, for use in systematically comparing and contrasting health interventions in a country or in different settings to generate meaningful

evidence to inform policy

http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/25/2/104.abstract

Baker, U., G Tomson, et al How to know what you need to do: a cross-country comparison of

maternal health guidelines in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Tanzania Implementation Science (2012) 7(31): 13

The study was a multiple case study design of clinical practice guidelines, consisting of cross-country comparisons using document review and key informant interviews A conceptual framework to aid analysis and discussion of results was developed, including selected domains related to guidelines'

implementability and use by health workers in practice in terms of usability, applicability, and

adaptability

http://www.implementationscience.com/content/7/1/31

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reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

Batson, A Sustainable introduction of affordable new vaccines: the targeting strategy Vaccine (1998)

16 (Suppl): S93–S98

The successes and failures in introducing a 'new' vaccine like hepatitis B vaccine into the world have clearly illustrated that it is economics and not epidemiology which dictates introduction of the vaccine into national immunization programmes UNICEF and the WHO Global Programme for Vaccines and Immunization (GPV) have now developed and adopted a framework which differentiates countries based on their capacity to be financially self-sufficient for their vaccine needs This framework forms the basis of strategies designed to co-ordinate the actions of governments, donors, agencies and vaccine manufacturers in order to ensure all countries have rapid access to affordable vaccines

of these technologies

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=4028460&jid=THC&volumeId=5&issueId=02&aid=4028452

Bedell, R The art and the science of scaling-up needle and syringe programmes Addiction (2007)

102(8): 1179-1180

This paper highlights some of the challenges encountered in conceptualizing and evaluating availability and coverage of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) in 25 countries surveyed in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CEECA)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01923.x

Bedford, J., M Gandhi, et al 'A normal delivery takes place at home': A qualitative study of the

location of childbirth in rural Ethiopia Matern Child Health J (2012)

A study to identify reasons why women who access health facilities and utilise maternal newborn and child health services at other times, do not necessarily deliver at health facilities

http://www.springerlink.com/content/tt303mqtt5r68748/

Bertrand, J T Diffusion of innovations and HIV/AIDS J Health Commun (2004) 9 Suppl 1: 113-121

As the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues its relentless spread in many parts of the world, DOI provides a useful framework for analyzing the difficulties in achieving behavior change necessary to reduce HIV rates This article describes the attributes of this preventive innovation in terms of relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability It reviews studies that incorporated DOI into HIV/AIDS behavior change interventions, both in Western countries and in the developing world Finally,

it discusses possible reasons that the use of DOI has been fairly limited to date in HIV/AIDS prevention interventions in developing countries

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10810730490271575

Bhandari, N., A K Kabir, et al Mainstreaming nutrition into maternal and child health programmes:

scaling up of exclusive breastfeeding Matern Child Nutr (2008) 4 Suppl 1: 5-23

This review examines programme efforts to scale up exclusive breastfeeding in different countries and draws lesson for successful scale-up Opportunities and challenges in scaling up of exclusive

breastfeeding into Maternal and Child Health programmes are identified

Blencowe, H., S Cousens, et al National, regional, and worldwide estimates of preterm birth rates in

the year 2010 with time trends since 1990 for selected countries: a systematic analysis and

implications Lancet (2012) 379(9832): 2162-2172

Preterm birth is the second largest direct cause of child deaths in children younger than 5 years Yet, data regarding preterm birth (<37 completed weeks of gestation) are not routinely collected by UN agencies, and no systematic country estimates nor time trend analyses have been done We report worldwide, regional, and national estimates of preterm birth rates for 184 countries in 2010 with time trends for selected countries, and provide a quantitative assessment of the uncertainty surrounding these estimates

individual's skills, experience, and participation in networks, influence the adoption and adaptation of evidence in practice

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029655499900088

Bueno de Mesquita, J and E Kismodi Maternal mortality and human rights: landmark decision by

United Nations human rights body Bull World Health Organ (2012) 90(2): 79-79A

Reducing the world’s maternal mortality ratio by three quarters between 1990 and 2015 is one objective

of Millennium Development Goal 5 However, progress towards this objective has been slow, despite global commitment and the fact that the majority of maternal deaths, 99% of which occur in developing countries, can be prevented through well known interventions So what more is needed to get on track? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3302558/?tool=pubmed

Central Statistical Agency, C and I International Ethiopia demographic and health survey 2011

(2012) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia & Calverton, Maryland, USA, CSA

This is the third comprehensive demographic survey conducted in Ethiopia as part of the worldwide Demongraphic and Health Surveys project It includes chapters on Infant and child mortality, Maternal health and Child health

http://www.csa.gov.et/docs/2011%20Ethiopia%20DHS%20Final%20Report%2003-30-2012.pdf

CGIAR – NGO Committee and Global Forum for Agricultural Research Going to Scale: Can we bring benefits to more people more quickly? [Draft] Going to Scale workshop (2000) 10-14 April 2000,

International Institute of Rural Reconstruction

Silang, Cavite, Philippines: 41

The general objective of this GOING TO SCALE Workshop (the Philippine Workshop) was to “generate guideposts and a list of available/emerging tools for use in scaling up efforts.”

experience of large global manufacturers, could have a major impact and provide a great example of an effective partnership to achieve this

http://www.expert-reviews.com/doi/abs/10.1586/14760584.4.2.147?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed

Chatterjee, A and M Sharma Moving from a project to programmatic response: scaling up harm

reduction in Asia Int J Drug Policy (2010) 21(2): 134-136

The response to the HIV epidemics among people who inject drugs in Asia began to emerge in the early

to mid 1990s, with the rather hesitant implementation of small-scale needle syringe programmes and community care initiatives aiming to support those who were already living with the virus Since then Asia has seen a significant scaling up of harm reduction, despite very limited resources and difficult policy and legislative environments Several models of scale up have been noted in Asia

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395909001650

Chauhan, D and A Mason.Factors affecting the uptake of new medicines in secondary care - a

literature review J Clin Pharm Ther (2008) 33(4): 339-348 The rate of uptake of new medicines in the

UK is slower than in many other OECD countries The majority of new medicines are introduced initially

in secondary care and prescribed by specialists However, the reasons for relatively low precribing levels are poorly understood This review explores the determinants of uptake of new medicines in secondary care

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2710.2008.00925.x/full

Chico, R M., P Mayaud, et al Prevalence of malaria and sexually transmitted and reproductive tract

infections in pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review JAMA (2012) 307(19): 2079-2086

The context for this review is that malaria and sexually transmitted infections/reproductive tract

infections (STIs/RTIs) in pregnancy are direct and indirect causes of stillbirth, prematurity, low birth weight, and maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1157494

Chopra, M and N Ford Scaling up health promotion interventions in the era of HIV/AIDS: challenges

for a rights based approach Health Promotion International (2005) 20(4): 383-390

This paper briefly reviews different approaches to scaling up health promotion interventions, some of the key obstacles in scaling up and then suggests some possible solutions with a focus on a human rights based approach

http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/content/20/4/383.full

Clemens, J and L Jodar Introducing new vaccines into developing countries: obstacles, opportunities

and complexities Nat Med (2005) 11(4 Suppl): S12-15 Infectious diseases are thought to account for

nearly 25% of all deaths worldwide, and extract a disproportionate toll in developing countries

Moreover, infectious diseases are now appreciated to be major causes of the poverty and economic underdevelopment that characterize the world's poorest countries Development and deployment of new vaccines to prevent infectious diseases in developing countries have therefore become high

priorities in the global health agenda

http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v11/n4s/full/nm1225.html

Clemens, J D Thinking downstream to accelerate the introduction of new vaccines for developing

countries Vaccine (2003) 21 Suppl 2: S114-115 Introduction of new vaccines into public health

programs in developing countries requires 'translational research', initiated even during the phase of vaccine development, to generate the evidence base necessary for rational public health decision-making Translational research encompasses assessments of the local disease burden, demonstration projects of vaccines in realistic public health programs, analysis of the economic impact of vaccine introduction, assessment of community and policy-maker perceptions about the importance of a

disease and the need to vaccinate against it, and identification of distribution channels and financial mechanisms for deploying and paying for a new vaccine In the absence of this background information, even a successful vaccine may risk substantial difficulties and delays in its introduction into programs for the poor in developing countries

This article draws on a review of theoretical and empirical literature on scale, relevant research on reform implementation, and original research to synthesize and articulate a more multidimensional conceptualization

http://edr.sagepub.com/content/32/6/3.abstract

Coltart, C E., J P Souza, et al Prioritizing WHO normative work on maternal and perinatal health: a

multicountry survey Reprod Health (2011) 8: 30

WHO develops evidence-based guidelines for setting global standards and providing technical support to its Member States and the international community, as a whole There is a clear need to ensure that WHO guidance is relevant, rigorous and up-to date A key activity is to ascertain the guidance needs of the countries This study provides an international comparison of priority guidance needs for maternal and perinatal health It incorporates data from those who inform policy and implementation strategies

at a national level, in addition to targeting those who use and most need the guidance at grassroots level

http://www.reproductive-health-journal.com/content/8/1/30

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reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

Curry, L., L Taylor, et al Experiences of leadership in health care in sub- Saharan Africa Human

Resources for Health (2012) 10(33)

Leadership is widely regarded as central to effective health-care systems, and resources are increasingly devoted to the cultivation of strong health-care leadership Nevertheless, the literature regarding leadership capacity building has been developed primarily in the context of high-income settings Less research has been done on leadership in low-income settings, including sub-Saharan Africa, particularly

in health care, with attention to historical, political and sociocultural context We sought to characterize the experiences of individuals in key health-care leadership roles in sub-Saharan Africa

http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/pdf/1478-4491-10-33.pdf

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reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

Darmstadt, G L., D A Oot, et al Newborn survival: changing the trajectory over the next decade Health Policy & Planning (2012) 27(Suppl 3: A decade of change for newborn survival, policy and

programmes (2000–2010): A multi-country evaluation of progress towards scale: 1-5

This editorial introduces the journal supplement in which the seven articles present 'a comprehensive analysis of the changes in newborn care and survival over the last decade at global level, as well as five detailed country assessments undertaken by over 60 experts from governments and multiple

organizations, in order to better understand the process of taking solutions to scale and how to

accelerate progress towards reductions in mortality and morbidity'

http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/suppl_3/iii1.full

Dees, G., B B Anderson, et al Scaling social impact: Strategies for spreading social innovations

Stanford Social Innovation Review Stanford (2004) 1(4): 24-33

"If we are serious about tackling social problems on a large scale, we need to develop more effective tools to address this challenge We hope to expand their conception of the possibilities by encouraging social entrepreneurs to consider different ways of both defining and spreading their innovations before

determining whether and how to proceed Our goal is to help them find the most promising strategies for achieving widespread and timely impact."

http://www.ssireview.org/pdf/2004SP_feature_dees.pdf

Defo, B K The importance for the MDG4 and MDG5 of addressing reproductive health issues during

the second decade of life: review and analysis from times series data of 51 African countries Afr J

Reprod Health (2011) 15(2): 9-30 Addressing adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues are

central to efforts for reducing childhood and maternal mortality embedded in MDG4 and MDG5 This paper reviews these issues in Africa and uses statistical methods for measuring changes to analyze recent and comparable time series data from 51 African countries

http://www.bioline.org.br/request?rh11017

DeJong, J A Question of Scale? The Challenge of Expanding the Impact of Non-Governmental

Organisations' HIV/AIDS Efforts in Developing Countries (2001) Horizons Program International

HIV/AIDS Alliance

" This publication draws on a draft that was written to inform debate at an international seminar held in Windsor, UK, in September 2000 on scaling up NGO HIV/AIDS programmes Twelve NGOs from around the world attended the seminar and presented their own experiences of scaling up The report

addresses issues such as whether there is a trade-off between expansion and quality, proposes a typology of scaling up in relation to HIV/AIDS, and discusses the risks entailed and special challenges It incorporates case studies presented at the seminar."

http://www.aidsalliance.org/includes/Publication/csd1201_A_question_of_scale.pdf

Di Fabio, J L and C de Quadros Considerations for combination vaccine development and use in the

developing world Clin Infect Dis (2001) 33 Suppl 4: S340-345

As more vaccines are developed and become available, combination vaccines will provide a way of delivering multiple antigens to avoid multiple injections and complications in the regular immunization schedules The advantages of combination vaccines are that they decrease the discomfort of vaccine recipients and parents and also reduce the delivery cost of vaccines We address some of the issues related to the use of combination vaccines in the developing world Which vaccines are needed? Do developing countries have the appropriate infrastructure to deliver them? Can vaccines become

affordable for countries with low incomes? And what is really needed to achieve the goal of providing developing countries with new vaccines of epidemiologic significance in a timely fashion?

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2012.664659

Doctor, H V., S E Findley, et al Using community-based research to shape the design and delivery of

maternal health services in Northern Nigeria Reproductive Health Matters (2012) 20(39): 104-112

Maternal mortality ratios in northern Nigeria are among the worst in the world, over 1,000 per 100,000 live births in 2008, with a very low level and quality of maternity services In 2009, we carried out a study of the reasons for low utilisation of antenatal and delivery care among women with recent

pregnancies, and the socio-cultural beliefs and practices that influenced them

programmes

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be no suggestion that WHO endorses any specific organisation or products The use of the WHO logo is not permitted This notice should be preserved along with the article’s original URL

Dynes, M., S T Buffington, et al Strengthening maternal and newborn health in rural Ethiopia: Early

results from frontline health worker community maternal and newborn health training Midwifery

(2012)

This paper describes early results from the Community Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH) training programme of the Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia Partnership (MaNHEP) project

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266613812000071

Ebuehi, O M and I Akintujoye Perception and utilization of traditional birth attendants by pregnant

women attending primary health care clinics in a rural Local Government Area in Ogun State, Nigeria

Int J Womens Health (2012) 4: 25-34

In developing countries, most childbirth occurs at home and is not assisted by skilled attendants This situation increases the risk of death for both mother and child and has severe maternal and neonatal health complications The purpose of this study was to explore pregnant women's perceptions and utilization of traditional birth attendant services in a rural Local Government Area in Ogun State,

southwest Nigeria

peer-reviewed-article-IJWH

http://www.dovepress.com/perception-and-utilization-of-traditional-birth-attendants-by-pregnant-Evansa, W D., L C Abromsa, et al Mobile health evaluation methods: The text4baby case study Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives (2012) 17(1): 22-29

Mobile phones have been shown effective in several public health domains However, there are few evaluations of the effectiveness of mobile health in health promotion This evaluation has a theoretical model of behavior change and measures mediators as well as behavioral outcomes Results will inform how behavioral theory works within mobile health programs

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10810730.2011.649157#tabModule

Fayehun, O A., O O Omololu, et al Sex of preceding child and birth spacing among Nigerian ethnic

groups Afr J Reprod Health (2011) 15(2): 79-89

In seeking for more effective ways of fertility control and improvement of maternal and child health through birth spacing in a predominantly patrilineal society like Nigeria, this study explores how the sex

of a previous child affects birth interval among ethnic groups, controlling for demographic and

socioeconomic variables

http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?rh11022

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distribute it

Ferdous, J., A M Ahmed, et al Occurrence and determinants of postpartum maternal morbidities and

disabilities among women in Matlab, Bangladesh Journal of Health Population and Nutrition (2012) 30(2): 143-158

This study aims at identifying the consequences of pregnancy and delivery in the postpartum period, their association with acute obstetric complications, the sociodemographic characteristics of women, mode and place of delivery, nutritional status of the mother, and outcomes of birth

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3397326/

Feysia, B., C H Herbst, et al The health workforce in Ethiopia: Addressing the remaining challenges

(2012) Washington DC, World Bank

This document reviews the current human resources for health situation in Ethiopia, summarizes the evidence on population use of select health services, and offers relevant policy options to assist the government finalize its new human resources strategy and address remaining health challenges

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2226

Fisher, J., M Cabral de Mello, et al Prevalence and determinants of common perinatal mental

disorders in women in low- and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review Bull World

Health Organ (2012) 90(2): 139G-149G

The objective of this study was to review the evidence about the prevalence and determinants of psychotic common perinatal mental disorders (CPMDs) in World Bank categorized low- and lower-middle-income countries

Garces, A., E M McClure, et al Training traditional birth attendants on the WHO Essential Newborn

Care reduces perinatal mortality Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand (2012) 91(5): 593-597

An evaluation of the impact of birth attendant training using the World Health Organization Essential Newborn Care (ENC) course among traditional birth attendants, with a particular emphasis on the effect

of acquisition of skills on perinatal outcomes

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01374.x/abstract

Garenne, M Estimating obstetric mortality from pregnancy-related deaths recorded in demographic

censuses and surveys Stud Fam Plann (2011) 42(4): 237-246

Demographic surveys and censuses often record pregnancy-related deaths, defined as those occurring during the maternal risk period (pregnancy, delivery, and six weeks postpartum), but do not include cause of death This study presents a method for estimating obstetric mortality from pregnancy-related deaths data

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1728-4465.2011.00287.x/pdf

Gausia, K., D Ryder, et al Obstetric complications and psychological well-being: experiences of

Bangladeshi women during pregnancy and childbirth Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

(2012) 30(2): 172-180

This study aimed to (a) describe the pregnancy and childbirth experiences among women in Bangladesh during normal childbirth or obstetric complications and (b) examine the relationship between these experiences and their psychological well-being during the postpartum period

Gebremariam, M B Perspectives on optimization of vaccination and immunization of Ethiopian

children/women: what should and can we further do? Why and how" Ethiop Med J (2012) 50(2):

167-184

Vaccination and immunization of children and child-bearing women, in particular, is uniquely important public health intervention Ethiopia inclusive In spite of the promising progresses, much is desired toward the ultimate optimization, effectiveness and protection This analytical discourse-recourse piece

of work aimed at flagging the optimization perspectives on the basis of readily available information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22924286

Geoghegan, T M E Nutrition in the first 1,000 days: State of the world's mothers 2012 (2012) Save

breastfeeding, that have the greatest potential to save lives, and shows that these solutions are

affordable, even in the world’s poorest countries

mind, Saifuddin Ahmed and colleagues’ results documented in The Lancet suggest that contraceptive use can avert more than half of maternal deaths The investigators used data from three 2010 databases (UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group, UN World Contraceptive Use, and UN World Population Prospects) to estimate the number of maternal deaths averted by contraceptive use in 172 countries with a counterfactual approach Using a second model, they made the same estimation for

167 countries and estimated the effect of meeting the unmet need for family planning The methods used are well described and seem robust, and the findings are consistent with earlier work

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673612609829

Girard, A W., C Dzingina, et al Public health interventions, barriers, and opportunities for improving

maternal nutrition in Northeast Nigeria Food & Nutrition Bulletin (2012) 33(2 Suppl): S51-70

This study explored the gaps, barriers, and opportunities for maternal nutrition policy and programming

in Nigeria, a country with a disproportionate share of the global burden of maternal and child mortality http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22913107

Gloyd, S., P Montoya, et al Scaling up antenatal syphilis screening in Mozambique: transforming

policy to action Sexually Transmitted Diseases (2007) 34(7 Suppl): S31-36

This paper examines the decade-long scale-up process of antenatal syphilis screening through

Mozambique's National Health System The primary goal is to provide lessons learned in the provision of integrated antenatal care resource-poor settings and identify key challenges to successful scale-up http://journals.lww.com/stdjournal/Fulltext/2007/07001/Scaling_Up_Antenatal_Syphilis_Screening_in.6.aspx

Godal, T and L Quam Accelerating the global response to reduce maternal mortality The Lancet (2012) 379(9831): 2025-2026

A preview for the Global Health Transition conference, held in Norway, to consider how to "develop effective health-care systems led and sustained by countries rather than a fragmented web of donors Maternal death and perinatal mortality are 'the canary in the coal mine' for assessing the strength of health-care systems To get a drop in maternal mortality requires a medical health-care system that is responsive to the 24-hour technical needs of a woman in labour and the ability to transport a woman to the site where she can access care 24 hours a day"

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Gupta, I., M Trivedi, et al The introduction of new health technologies in India (2007) The

introduction of new technologies includes the formal government decision to approve the product or service and the implementation of programs necessary for its distribution This study reviews the

experience of several health technologies introduced in India: hepatitis B vaccine, the Universal

Immunisation Programme (UIP), no scalpel vasectomy (NSV), voluntary counselling and testing (VCT), and antiretroviral treatment (ART), to identify lessons that might inform the future adoption and

implementation of AIDS vaccines

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Hadis, M., A Woyessa, et al Prevention of postpartum hemorrhage in rural Ethiopia: an

evidence-based policy brief (2012)

As in many African countries postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is a serious problem in rural Ethiopia Reaching rural mothers through Health Extension Workers and/or Traditional Birth Attendants by using

appropriate technologies like misoprostol and oxytcin in Uniject TM could address this problem The objective of this policy brief is to summarize the best available evidence describing the problem and potential solutions for addressing the problem of PPH in rural Ethiopia where there are no health care facilities and skilled attendants

http://www.who.int/evidence/sure/EthiopiaPPHpreventionpolicybrief2012.pdf

Hailegiorgis, S E., S V Harlan, et al Ethiopia family planning / reproductive health inofrmation needs

assessment (2012) Addis Ababa

In Ethiopia, K4Health sought to explore the current family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH)

knowledge management system; examine information flows and barriers at different levels of the health system; and identify areas to strengthen health information sharing and use

http://www.k4health.org/sites/default/files/Ethiopia_FPRH_Net-Map_FINAL_May_21_2012.pdf

Haile-Mariam, A., N Tesfaye, et al Assessing the health system's capacity to conduct neonatal

resuscitation in Ethiopia Ethiop Med J (2012) 50(1): 43-55

Globally and nationally approximately a quarter of neonatal deaths and an unknown number of

intrapartum stillbirths are attributed to intrapartum complications known as birth asphyxia Simple stimulation and resuscitation can save many of these lives

To describe the capacity of the Ethiopian health system to provide neonatal resuscitation with bag and mask

at the industrialized world market are occurring at a fast pace A number of political and economic factors will influence the rate at which developing country immunization programs incorporate those new vaccines that could have a major public health impact Perhaps the greatest determinant of this rate is the extent to which international and bilateral agencies and national governments appreciate the potential value of new vaccines

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Helfrich, C D., B J Weiner, et al Determinants of implementation effectiveness: adapting a

framework for complex innovations Med Care Res Rev (2007) 64(3): 279-303

Many innovations in the health sector are complex, requiring coordinated use by multiple organizational members to achieve benefits Often, complex innovations are adopted with great anticipation only to fail during implementation The health services literature provides limited conceptual guidance to researchers and practitioners about implementation of complex innovations In the present study, we adapt an organizational framework of innovation implementation developed and validated in a

manufacturing setting and explore the extent to which it aptly characterizes implementation in health sector organizations

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Herzlinger, R E Why innovation in health care is so hard Harvard Business Review (2006)

Health care—in the United States, certainly, but also in most other developed countries—is ailing and in need of help Yes, medical treatment has made astonishing advances over the years But the packaging

and delivery of that treatment are often inefficient, ineffective, and consumer unfriendly Despite this enormous investment in innovation and the magnitude of the opportunity for innovators to both do good and do well, all too many efforts fail, losing billions of investor dollars along the way So why is innovation so unsuccessful in health care? To answer, we must break down the problem, looking at the different types of innovation and the forces that affect them, for good or ill

Horne, R., V Cooper, et al Patients' perceptions of highly active antiretroviral therapy in relation to

treatment uptake and adherence: the utility of the necessity-concerns framework J Acquir Immune

Defic Syndr (2007) 45(3): 334-341

This study aimed to test the utility of the necessity-concerns framework in predicting highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) uptake and adherence

http://journals.lww.com/jaids/Fulltext/2007/07010/Patients Perceptions_of_Highly_Active.13.aspx

Iyengar, K Early postpartum maternal morbidity among rural women of Rajasthan, India: a

community-based study Journal of Health Population and Nutrition (2012) 30(2): 213-225

The first postpartum week is a high-risk period for mothers and newborns Very few community-based studies have been conducted on patterns of maternal morbidity in resource-poor countries in that first week An intervention on postpartum care for women within the first week after delivery was initiated

in a rural area of Rajasthan, India The intervention included a rigorous system of receiving reports of all deliveries in a defined population and providing home-level postpartum care to all women, irrespective

of the place of delivery

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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Use of mobile technology in creating demand for

and sustaining use of contraceptives among marginalized urban populations of Uttar Pradesh (2009)

Urban Health Initiative – India

This document describes several examples of mHealth interventions globally and proposes potential adaptation for achieving the Urban Health Initative's objectives It then goes on to describe JHUCCP’s proposed steps for conducting a feasibility assessment for the use of mobile technology in urban Uttar Pradesh for improving the use of family planning among target audiences

http://www.uhi-india.org.in/20may/Mobile%20Technology%20%20Approach%20and%20Research%20Needs.pdf

Kapadia-Kundu, N., T M Sullivan, et al Understanding health information needs and gaps in the health

care system in Uttar Pradesh, India Journal of Health Communication (2012) 17(sup2): 30-45

Health information and the channels that facilitate the flow and exchange of this information to and among health care providers are key elements of a strong health system that offers high-quality

services,yet few studies have examined how health care workers define, obtain, and apply information

in the course of their daily work To better understand health information needs and barriers across all

of levels of the health care system, the authors conducted a needs assessment in Lucknow, Uttar

Pradesh, India

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Kausar, F., J Morris, et al Nurses in low resource settings save mothers' lives with non-pneumatic

anti-shock garment MCN, American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing (2012) 37(5): 308-316

This article discusses the role of nurses and nurse-midwives in preventing and treating postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) from uterine atony in developing countries and examine the role of a new device, the Non-pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (NASG), in improving the outcomes for these patients

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22895203

Kayode, G A., V T Adekanmbi, et al Risk factors and a predictive model for under-five mortality in

Nigeria: evidence from Nigeria demographic and health survey BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2012) 12:

10

Under-5 mortality is a major public health challenge in developing countries It is essential to identify determinants of under-five mortality (U5M) childhood mortality because these will assist in formulating appropriate health programmes and policies in order to meet the United Nations MDG goal The

objective of this study was to develop a predictive model and identify maternal, child, family and other risk factors associated U5M in Nigeria

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Khan, A., M V Kinney, et al Newborn survival in Pakistan: a decade of change and future implications Health Policy & Planning (2012) 27(Suppl 3: A decade of change for newborn survival, policy and

programmes (2000–2010): A multi-country evaluation of progress towards scale): 72-87

Pakistan has the world’s third highest national number of newborn deaths (194 000 in 2010) Major national challenges over the past decade have affected health and development including several large humanitarian disasters, destabilizing political insurgency, high levels of poverty and an often hard-to-reach predominately rural population with diverse practices As part of a multi-country analysis, we examined changes for newborn survival between 2000 and 2010 in terms of mortality, coverage and health system indicators as well as national and donor funding

http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/suppl_3/iii72.full

Kirk, E and H Standing Institutional issues in scaling up programmes for meeting the health related

needs of the very poor [Background paper] What Works for the Poorest: Knowledge, Policies, Practices:

International Conference (2006) BRAC, Rajendrapur 3-5 December 2006: 18

This paper reviews current strategies for scaling up successful interventions to meet the health-related needs of the poorest in developing countries Findings show that all mechanisms for targeting the poorest suffer from elements of leakage, as well as weak institutional and governance structures However, these problems are outweighed by the distributive benefits of some schemes Demand-driven financing (involving the provision of resources to supply services for a distinct group) also has potential for reaching the poorest However, parallel interventions on the supply side are needed to ensure quality is raised in addition to coverage

http://www.bracresearch.org/publications/scaling_up_health_progs.pdf

Knowledge for Health (K4Health) project Maternal Infant Young Child Nutrition - Family Planning

(MIYCN-FP) integration [Toolkit] Retrieved 14 June, 2012

This website looks at the global evidence on the relationship between maternal, infant, and young child nutrition and family planning; why, how, when and where to integrate MIYCN and FP; advocacy on the key messages about MIYCN-FP; integrating nutrition and family planning social and behavior change communication (SBCC) activities; capacity building and training; monitoring & evaluation; and country experiences

http://archive.k4health.org/toolkits/miycn-fp

Koblinsky, M., M E Chowdhury, et al Maternal morbidity and disability and their consequences:

Neglected agenda in maternal health Journal of Health Population and Nutrition (2012) 30(2): 124-130

This special issue of JHPN aims to address the information vacuum about maternal morbidities and disabilities and their consequences based on findings of research from rural areas in Bangladesh and Rajasthan in India

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3397324/

Kumar, C., P K Singh, et al Under-five mortality in high focus states in India: a district level geospatial

analysis PLoS One (2012) 7(5): e37515

This paper examines if, when controlling for biophysical and geographical variables (including rainfall, productivity of agricultural lands, topography/temperature, and market access through road networks), socioeconomic and health care indicators help to explain variations in the under-five mortality rate across districts from nine high focus states in India

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0037515

Lane, C., Y M Joof, et al Promoting healthy timing and spacing of pregnancy with young married

women in Northern Nigeria: A short report African Journal of Reproductive Health (2012) 16(2)

The persistence of early and closely spaced pregnancies in Northern Nigeria contributes to maternal and child morbidity and mortality A technical working group to WHO recommended that following a birth, a woman should space her next pregnancy by at least 24 months, and following a miscarriage or abortion,

a woman space her next pregnancy by at least six months UNICEF, UNFPA and WHO also recommend that a woman delay her first pregnancy until 18 These recommendations comprise the concept of Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy (HTSP) The Extending Service Delivery Project (ESD) partnered with the Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria and religious leaders to educate

communities about the benefits of using family planning to practice HTSP in five local government areas http://www.ajrh.info/vol16_no2/16_2_article19.pdf

Larkin, M E., C A Griffith, et al Promoting research utilization using a conceptual framework J Nurs Adm (2007) 37(11): 510-516

Since the early 1990s, evidence-based practice has gained momentum, but barriers persist between knowledge development and application in practice The Massachusetts General Hospital re-engineered the Nursing Research Committee as one vehicle for promoting research-based practice Using the

Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services framework, the mission and methods (context) to advance research-based practice are explicated Characteristics of the membership,

leadership, and practice environment that facilitate research utilization are delineated

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Lawn, J and H Blencowe Born too soon: The global action report on pre-term birth (2012) A podcast

of a lecture delivered at LSHTM on 30 May 2012

This report shows that rapid change is possible and presents actions for policy, programs and research

by all partners - from governments to NGOs to the business community that if acted upon, will

substantially reduce the toll of preterm birth, especially in high-burden countries

to achieve the Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG 4) on child survival We applied a results

framework to evaluate global and national changes for neonatal mortality rates (NMR), healthy

behaviours, intervention coverage, health system change, and inputs including funding, while

considering contextual changes

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Maher, D., A D Harries, et al A global framework for action to improve the primary care response to

chronic non-communicable diseases: a solution to a neglected problem BMC Public Health (2009) 9:

355

Although in developing countries the burden of morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases has often overshadowed that due to chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), there is evidence now of a shift of attention to NCDs A framework for a programmatic "public health approach" has the potential

to improve on the current unstructured approach to primary care of people with chronic NCDs

Research to establish the cost, value and feasibility of implementing the framework will pave the way for international support to extend the benefit of this approach to the millions of people worldwide with chronic NCDs

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Mahila Swasthya Adhikar Manch (Women's Health Rights Forum) Monitoring free maternal health

services in 11 districts of Uttar Pradesh, 2012

Recognizing that out-of-pocket and informal payments act as a deterrent to women seeking institutional maternal care, the central government of India launched a scheme called Janani Shishu Suraksha

Karyakram (JSSK) in June 2011

With the aim of implementing the JSSK scheme successfully, the government of Uttar Pradesh invited the Development Partners’ Forum in the State (of which SAHAYOG is a part) to monitor the scheme and provide feedback SAHAYOG has monitored the scheme in 11 districts of UP in collaboration with the Mahila Swasthya Adhikar Manch and 11 partner organisations

dists-UP-2012.pdf

http://new.sahayogindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/MSAM-Report-of-free-MH-services-in-11-Mahoney, R T., A Krattiger, et al The introduction of new vaccines into developing countries IV:

Global Access Strategies Vaccine (2007) 25(20): 4003-4011

This paper offers a framework for managing a comprehensive Global Access Strategy for new vaccines in developing countries It is aimed at strengthening the ability of public-sector entities to reach their goals

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Mahoney, R T and J E Maynard The introduction of new vaccines into developing countries Vaccine (1999) 17(7-8): 646-652

The development and introduction of new vaccines is a costly and time consuming process

Unfortunately, those most in need individuals in developing countries are the last to receive these powerful disease preventing products From the time a vaccine is first licensed in a developed country to the time most of the poor in developing countries have access to the vaccine can be 20-30 years This delay is unacceptable There is a great need to reduce this time span This paper examines five ways of reducing the time span Each of the five is essential and achieving success on all five will require a heightened level of international effort and coordination

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Mahoney, R T., A Pablos-Mendez, et al The introduction of new vaccines into developing countries

III The role of intellectual property Vaccine (2004) 22(5-6): 786-792

The development of new vaccines that address the particular needs of developing countries has been proceeding slowly A number of new public sector vaccine research and development initiatives have been launched to address this problem These new initiatives find that they often wish to collaborate with the private sector and, in collaborating with the private sector, they must address issues of

intellectual property (IP) management It has not been well understood why IP management is

important and how such management by public sector groups can best be conducted This paper suggests some strategies that might be used by the public sector to help achieve its public health goals, especially for the poor

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X03006509

Malaju, M T and G D Alene Assessment of utilization of provider-initiated HIV testing and

counseling as an intervention for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV and associated factors among pregnant women in Gondar town, North West Ethiopia BMC Public Health (2012) 12(226)

Detection of maternal HIV infection early in pregnancy is critical for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS Most efforts have focused on VCT as the primary means of encouraging people to become aware of their HIV status However, its uptake is low in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa including Ethiopia Little is known about its acceptance and associated factors among pregnant women in the country and particularly in the present study area – Gondar town

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Mansoor, O Vaccine introduction guidelines: Adding a vaccine to a national immunization

programme: decision and implementation (2005) Geneva, Expanded Programme on Immunization of

the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, World Health Organization (WHO)

To assist national policy-makers with whether a vaccine should be added to a national immunization programme and to assist immunization programme managers with how to introduce a vaccine, WHO has developed a general vaccine introduction document which covers the key issues that should be addressed when considering and implementing a new vaccine The document includes information useful to ensure smooth introduction of a new vaccine, monitor implementation, evaluate impact, calculate vaccine supplies, and manage the cold chain

http://www.who.int/nuvi/Vaccine_intro_resources/en/index.html