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Quality Improvement Interventions for Nutritional Assessment among Pregnant Mothers in Northeastern Uganda
المؤلفون المشاركون
Izudi, Jonathan
Kekitiinwa, Adeodata
Katawera, Andrew
Epidu, Calvin
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 2017، العدد 2017 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2017)، ص ص. 1-6، 6ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2017-05-30
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
6
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Introduction.
Assessment of pregnant mothers for nutritional status is a neglected intervention.
In Kaabong Hospital, nutritional status of pregnant mothers was not assessed during antenatal care (ANC) visits.
A quality improvement (QI) project was initiated to increase nutritional assessment using midupper arm circumference (MUAC) among pregnant mothers during ANC visits from 0 to 90% between April and September 2015.
Method.
Baylor-Uganda formed ANC Work Improvement Team (WIT) that reviewed ANC register, identified gaps in quality of care, analyzed root causes using cause-effect diagram, developed solutions, and tested and implemented the solution using Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles.
Planned and tested changes included the provision of anthropometric tools, integrated ANC register, and data use.
Result.
In April 2015 (baseline), none (0/235) of the pregnant women were assessed for nutritional status using MUAC.
Following QI interventions, nutritional assessment improved to 79% (200/252) in May 2015 and to 100% (241/241) in June 2015.
The 100% performance was sustained until August 2016.
Overall, 39 cases of malnutrition—1 (2.6%) severe (MUAC < 19.0 cm) and 38 (97.4%) moderate acute malnutrition (MUAC 19–22.0 cm)—were identified and linked to nutritional rehabilitation program.
Conclusion.
QI interventions are critical in achieving high rates of nutritional status assessment and identifying malnourished pregnant women during ANC visits.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Izudi, Jonathan& Epidu, Calvin& Katawera, Andrew& Kekitiinwa, Adeodata. 2017. Quality Improvement Interventions for Nutritional Assessment among Pregnant Mothers in Northeastern Uganda. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1138873
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Izudi, Jonathan…[et al.]. Quality Improvement Interventions for Nutritional Assessment among Pregnant Mothers in Northeastern Uganda. BioMed Research International No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1138873
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Izudi, Jonathan& Epidu, Calvin& Katawera, Andrew& Kekitiinwa, Adeodata. Quality Improvement Interventions for Nutritional Assessment among Pregnant Mothers in Northeastern Uganda. BioMed Research International. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1138873
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1138873
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