| Title |
Improving Quality of Care for Maternal and Newborn Health: Prospective Pilot Study of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0035151 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jonathan M. Spector, Priya Agrawal, Bhala Kodkany, Stuart Lipsitz, Angela Lashoher, Gerald Dziekan, Rajiv Bahl, Mario Merialdi, Matthews Mathai, Claire Lemer, Atul Gawande |
| Abstract |
Most maternal deaths, intrapartum-related stillbirths, and newborn deaths in low income countries are preventable but simple, effective methods for improving safety in institutional births have not been devised. Checklist-based interventions aid management of complex or neglected tasks and have been shown to reduce harm in healthcare. We hypothesized that implementation of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist program, a novel childbirth safety program for institutional births incorporating a 29-item checklist, would increase delivery of essential childbirth practices linked with improved maternal and perinatal health outcomes. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 38 | 27% |
| United Kingdom | 17 | 12% |
| Canada | 12 | 8% |
| India | 6 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 4 | 3% |
| Spain | 4 | 3% |
| Australia | 3 | 2% |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 10 | 7% |
| Unknown | 44 | 31% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 92 | 65% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 25 | 18% |
| Scientists | 18 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 7 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 4 | <1% |
| Spain | 3 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 6 | 1% |
| Unknown | 478 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 101 | 20% |
| Researcher | 78 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 51 | 10% |
| Lecturer | 43 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 35 | 7% |
| Other | 108 | 22% |
| Unknown | 86 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 183 | 36% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 93 | 19% |
| Social Sciences | 51 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 3% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 12 | 2% |
| Other | 44 | 9% |
| Unknown | 102 | 20% |