Listening to the community: Using formative research to strengthen maternity waiting homes in Zambia

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 3; p. e0194535
• Main Authors: Scott, Nancy A, Vian, Taryn, Kaiser, Jeanette L, Ngoma, Thandiwe, Mataka, Kaluba, Henry, Elizabeth G, Biemba, Godfrey, Nambao, Mary, Hamer, Davidson H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 15.03.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acceptability; Adult; Aged; Agricultural economics; Agriculture; Catchment areas; Catchments; Charcoal; Childbirth & labor; Committees; Community; Community Participation; Construction; Construction standards; Data analysis; Design; Distribution; Engineering and Technology; Entrepreneurship; Female; Focus Groups; Grinding mills; Health care facilities; Health care rationing; Health facilities; Health promotion; Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration; Humans; Infant mortality; Infant, Newborn; Internet; Intervention; Male; Maternal health services; Maternal Health Services - economics; Maternal Health Services - organization & administration; Maternal mortality; Medical research; Medical screening; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; Middle Aged; Midwifery - organization & administration; Models, Organizational; Older people; People and Places; Pregnancy; Pregnant Women; Prenatal Care - economics; Prenatal Care - methods; Prenatal Care - organization & administration; Prevention; Program Evaluation; Public health; Public policy; R&D; Renovation; Reproductive health; Research & development; Research and Analysis Methods; Research design; Research methodology; Residential Facilities - economics; Residential Facilities - organization & administration; Rural areas; Rural Health Services - economics; Rural Health Services - organization & administration; Rural Population; Safety; Social factors; Social Sciences; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Triangulation; Womens health; Young Adult; Zambia; Zambia; United States > US; Massachusetts

The WHO recommends maternity waiting homes (MWH) as one intervention to improve maternal and newborn health. However, persistent structural, cultural and financial barriers in their design and implementation have resulted in mixed success in both their uptake and utilization. Guidance is needed on h...