How much time is available for antenatal care consultations? Assessment of the quality of care in rural Tanzania
Open Access
- 24 September 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Vol. 11 (1) , 64
Abstract
Many women in Sub-Saharan African countries do not receive key recommended interventions during routine antenatal care (ANC) including information on pregnancy, related complications, and importance of skilled delivery attendance. We undertook a process evaluation of a successful cluster randomized trial testing the effectiveness of birth plans in increasing utilization of skilled delivery and postnatal care in Ngorongoro district, rural Tanzania, to document the time spent by health care providers on providing the recommended components of ANC.Keywords
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