Empowering women and communities to promote universal health coverage in rural Zambia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7744306 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Quigley (0000-0002-5995-0014, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author), Cathy Green (0000-0003-4433-6385), Miniratu Soyoola, Tendayi Kureya (0000-0001-8369-5765), Caroline Barber, Kenneth Mubuyaeta |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1094-1100 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09614524.2018.1508421 |
| OpenAlex | W2889468530 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
From 2014 to 2016, we supported the national Safe Motherhood Action Group initiative in five rural districts of Zambia. An empowerment approach mobilised communities and built local capacity to take action in support of improved access to maternal and newborn health. The endline survey and a range of qualitative reviews showed significant differences in intervention communities in antenatal care attendance, skilled birth attendance, use of modern family planning and knowledge of maternal danger signs. This comprehensive approach has the potential to reduce inequity and help achieve universal health coverage in addition to other wide-reaching societal benefits at a modest cost
Attendance · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Environmental health · Health services · Maternal health · Political science · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Women's empowerment · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Global, regional, and national levels and trends in maternal mortality between 1990 and 2015, with scenario-based projections to 2030
Does addressing gender inequalities and empowering women and girls improve health and development programme outcomes
Knowledgeable antenatal care as a pathway to skilled delivery
A training approach for community maternal health volunteers that builds sustainable capacity
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