@article{96c5d91f15dc48abbe343486ebb2d392,
title = "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",
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.",
keywords = "Burkina Faso, Infant health, Integration of services, Maternal health, Postpartum care, Reproductive health",
author = "{Yugbar{\'e} Belemsaga}, Danielle and Aristide Bado and Anne Goujon and Els Duysburgh and Olivier Degomme and Seni Kouanda and Marleen Temmerman",
note = "Funding Information: This work was funded by the MOMI project “Missed Opportunities in Maternal and Infant Health: Reducing maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity in the year after childbirth through combined facility and community-based interventions.” MOMI has received funding from the European Community Seventh Framework Programme [FP7/2007-2013] under grant agreement No 265448 . MOMI is a collaborative project between the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sant{\'e} (Burkina Faso), the International Centre for Reproductive Health – Ghent University (Belgium), the International Centre for Reproductive Health (Kenya), the Parent and Child Initiative of the Kamuzu Central Hospital and Ministry of Health (Malawi), the International Centre for Reproductive Health (Mozambique), the Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique), the Medical Faculty of the University of Porto (Portugal), and the University College of London (United Kingdom). DYB is a MOMI project PhD student. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics",
year = "2016",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.ijgo.2016.08.005",
language = "English",
volume = "135",
pages = "S20--S26",
journal = "International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics",
issn = "0020-7292",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Ltd",
}
