Gemechu, Tadele Debebe (2012) Skilled Delivery Attendence Rate at Gindeberet Hospital, Oromia, Ethiopia. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Introduction: Maximizing skilled birth attendance rate is one of the proven intervention that positively influence the maternal mortality rate of a given country or community. Skilled birth attendance is also the chosen indicator to monitor progress towards MDG 5, which is reduction of MMR by three fourth and it is a priority area of HSDP IV, Ethiopia. Design: Pre and post-intervention design (Pre-intervention base-line assessment, Intervention, Post intervention result assessment) Setting: Gindeberet district hospital, West Shewa of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. Participants: The primer investigator (PI), Maternity department staffs, Gynecologist &Obstetrician, and finance department staffs. Implementation: Group health education of ANC mothers on safe delivery, Individual counseling for ANC attendant mothers at MCH unit, Fulfilling medical equipments and furniture needed for hospital deliver, Improve staff capabilities and staff coverage, consensus on referral take-over between the hospital & catchment HFs, and Charge free maternity service & pregnancy related cases of illness were selected strategic intervention implemented. Main Outcome Measure(s): Increased delivery attendance, Evaluation: Comparison of baseline and end-line assessment is used to verify the outcome of the capstone intervention, (T-test, P-value<0.05 at 95% CI). Keywords: capstone intervention, skilled delivery attendance, Gindeberet Results: The number of total deliveries attended in Gindeberet Hospital had been increased from15/month at pre-intervention period to 53/month during the postintervention period (T-statistics=26.83, with p-value<0.00001Epi Info 16.04 at 95% CI), Lessons Learned: This capstone intervention project demonstrated the possibility of improving the quality, access and acceptability and utilization of skilled birth attendance at rural hospital level through focused and simple intervention.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Emmanuel Ndorimana |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Aug 2018 13:29 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2018 13:29 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/8084 |
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