Adding Content to Contacts: Measurement of High Quality Contacts for Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia,North East Nigeria,and Uttar Pradesh,India |
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| Authors: | Tanya Marchant Ritgak Dimka Tilley-Gyado Tsegahun Tessema Kultar Singh Meenakshi Gautham Nasir Umar Della Berhanu Simon Cousens Joanna RM Armstrong Schellenberg |
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| Affiliation: | 1Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Disease, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom;2Health Hub Ltd., Abuja, Nigeria;3JaRco Consulting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;4Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 110024, India;5Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom;Banaras Hindu University, INDIA |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundFamilies in high mortality settings need regular contact with high quality services, but existing population-based measurements of contacts do not reflect quality. To address this, in 2012, we designed linked household and frontline worker surveys for Gombe State, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Uttar Pradesh, India. Using reported frequency and content of contacts, we present a method for estimating the population level coverage of high quality contacts.ConclusionsMeasuring content of care to reflect the quality of contacts can reveal missed opportunities to deliver best possible health care. |
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