A cross-sectional mixed study of the opportunity to improve maternal postpartum care in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health services in the Kaya health district of Burkina Faso
Document Type
Article
Department
Obstetrics and Gynaecology (East Africa)
Abstract
Objective: To propose a rationale to improve maternal postpartum care in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) services.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional mixed study in the Kaya health district in Burkina Faso based on two data collection exercises conducted between December 2012 and May 2013. A household survey of 757 mothers in their first year after delivery was processed. It was complemented with a qualitative analysis using in-depth interviews with key informants, focus group discussions with mothers, and participant observation.
Results: Postpartum services showed serious weaknesses. Overall, 52% (n=384) of mothers did not receive any maternal postpartum care; however among them, 47% (n= 349) received infant postpartum care.
Conclusion: We suggest the integration of maternal postpartum care in RMNCH services as a key step to improving postpartum care. The intervention would require the overcoming of challenges related to the quality and cost of services, and to reaching the poor populations with low education and a high parity.
Publication (Name of Journal)
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Recommended Citation
Belemsaga, D. Y.,
Bado, A.,
Goujon, A.,
Duysburgh, E.,
Degomme, O.,
Kouanda, S.,
Temmerman, M.
(2016). A cross-sectional mixed study of the opportunity to improve maternal postpartum care in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health services in the Kaya health district of Burkina Faso. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 135(1), s20-s26.
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Comments
This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.