The MOM Project
Delivering Maternal Health Services among Internally Displaced Populations in Eastern Burma
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3972650 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luke C Mullany (0000-0003-4668-9803, Bloomberg (United States)), Catherine I Lee (Shoklo Malaria Research Unit), Palae Paw (Maesot General Hospital), Eh Kalu Shwe Oo (Maesot General Hospital), Cynthia Maung (Maesot General Hospital), Heather Kuiper (0009-0003-2882-356X, ACCESS Health International), Nicole Mansenior (Johns Hopkins University), Chris Beyrer (0000-0003-0665-9124, Johns Hopkins University), Thomas J Lee (0009-0006-1831-2485, ACCESS Health International) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 31 |
| Pages | 44-56 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Reproductive Health Matters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0968-8080 • E-ISSN: 1460-9576 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0968-8080(08)31341-x |
| PMID | 18513606 |
| OpenAlex | W2071487440 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 9 |
Alternative strategies to increase access to reproductive health services among internally displaced populations are urgently needed. In eastern Burma, continuing conflict and lack of functioning health systems render the emphasis on facility-based delivery with skilled attendants unfeasible. Along the Thailand-Burma border, local organisations have implemented an innovative pilot, the Mobile Obstetric Maternal Health Workers (MOM) Project, establishing a three-tiered collaborative network of community-based reproductive health workers. Health workers from local organisations received practical training in basic emergency obstetric care plus blood transfusion, antenatal care and family planning at a central facility. After returning to their target communities inside Burma, these first-tier maternal health workers trained a second tier of local health workers and a third tier of traditional birth attendants (TBAs) to provide a limited subset of these interventions, depending on their level of training. In this ongoing project, close communication between health workers and TBAs promotes acceptance and coverage of maternity services throughout the community. We describe the rationale, design and implementation of the project and a parallel monitoring plan for evaluation of the project. This innovative obstetric health care delivery strategy may serve as a model for the delivery of other essential health services in this population and for increasing access to care in other conflict settings
Business · Economic growth · Environmental health · Health care · Health facility · Health services · Political science · Population · Program evaluation · Psychological intervention · Reproductive health · Global Maternal and Child Health · Maternal and fetal healthcare · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,94 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2024 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |