BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - Latest articlesThe latest articles from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (ISSN 1471-2393) published by BioMed CentralAcceptability of evidence-based neonatal care practices in rural Uganda -implications for programming- June 21, 2008 Background: Although evidence-based interventions to reach the Millennium Development Goals for Maternal and Neonatal mortality reduction exist, they have not yet been operationalised and scaled up in Sub-Saharan African cultural and health systems. A key concern is whether these internationally recommended practices are acceptable and will be demanded by the target community. We explored the acceptability of these interventions in two rural districts of Uganda. Methods: We conducted 10 focus...http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/8/21 Developing evidence-based maternity care in Iran: a quality improvement study- June 13, 2008 Background: Current Iranian perinatal statistics indicate that maternity care continues to need improvement. In response, we implemented a multi-faceted intervention to improve the quality of maternity care at an Iranian Social Security Hospital. Using a before-and-after design our aim was to improve the uptake of selected evidence based practices and more closely attend to identified women's needs and preferences. Methods: The major steps of the study were to (1) identify women's needs,...http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/8/20 |