A realist review of the partograph: when and how does it work for labour monitoring?

C Bedwell, K Levin, C Pett, DT Lavender - BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2017 - Springer
Background The partograph (or partogram) is recommended by the World Health
Organisation (WHO), for monitoring labour wellbeing and progress. Concerns about …

Mobile technology in health (mHealth) and antenatal care–Searching for apps and available solutions: A systematic review

SM Haddad, RT Souza, JG Cecatti - International journal of medical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Medical Information Technology may be understood as an
interdisciplinary study of the conception, design, development, adoption and use of …

[HTML][HTML] Progression of the first stage of spontaneous labour: a prospective cohort study in two sub-Saharan African countries

OT Oladapo, JP Souza, B Fawole, K Mugerwa… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Escalation in the global rates of labour interventions, particularly cesarean
section and oxytocin augmentation, has renewed interest in a better understanding of …

Defining quality of care during childbirth from the perspectives of Nigerian and Ugandan women: A qualitative study

MA Bohren, MA Titiloye, D Kyaddondo… - … of Gynecology & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To explore what “quality of care” means to childbearing women in Nigeria and
Uganda, as a means of ensuring that women's voices and opinions are prioritized when …

Stillbirths and quality of care during labour at the low resource referral hospital of Zanzibar: a case-control study

N Maaløe, N Housseine, IC Bygbjerg, T Meguid… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2016 - Springer
Background To study determinants of stillbirths as indicators of quality of care during labour
in an East African low resource referral hospital. Methods A criterion-based unmatched …

Effect of locally tailored labour management guidelines on intrahospital stillbirths and birth asphyxia at the referral hospital of Zanzibar: a quasi‐experimental pre‐post …

N Maaløe, N Housseine, T Meguid… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate effect of locally tailored labour management guidelines (PartoMa
guidelines) on intrahospital stillbirths and birth asphyxia. Design Quasi‐experimental pre …

Cervical dilatation over time is a poor predictor of severe adverse birth outcomes: a diagnostic accuracy study

JP Souza, OT Oladapo, B Fawole… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the accuracy of the World Health Organization (WHO) partograph alert
line and other candidate predictors in the identification of women at risk of develo** …

Health workers' experiences of collaborative quality improvement for maternal and newborn care in rural Tanzanian health facilities: A process evaluation using the …

U Baker, A Petro, T Marchant, S Peterson, F Manzi… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Quality Improvement (QI) approaches are increasingly used to bridge the
quality gap in maternal and newborn care (MNC) in Sub Saharan Africa. Health workers …

The communication and emotional support needs to improve women's experience of childbirth care in health facilities in Southwest Nigeria: A qualitative study

OA Ojelade, MA Titiloye, MA Bohren… - … of Gynecology & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To improve women's childbirth experiences in health facilities, their psychosocial
and communication needs have to be met. However, what constitutes these specific needs …

WHO Better Outcomes in Labour Difficulty (BOLD) project: innovating to improve quality of care around the time of childbirth

OT Oladapo, JP Souza, MA Bohren, Ö Tunçalp… - Reproductive health, 2015 - Springer
As most pregnancy-related deaths and morbidities are clustered around the time of
childbirth, quality of care during this period is critical to the survival of pregnant women and …