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Title

Monitoring emergency obstetric care : a handbook.

Publication

Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, c2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Family Health International (Organization) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85240209
• Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health. Averting Maternal Death and Disability.
• UNICEF. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79093850
• United Nations Population Fund. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89625214
• World Health Organization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79059041

Description

viii, 152 p. : charts., map; 30 cm.

Summary

This handbook describes indicators that can be used to assess, monitor and evaluate the availability, use and quality of Emergency Obstetric Care. These emergency obstetric care indicators can be used to measure progress in a programmatic continuum: from the availability of and access to emergency obstetric care to the use and quality of those services.

Uniform Title

Guidelines for monitoring the availability and use of obstetric services.

Subject

• Emergency medical services > Quality control > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Health services accessibility > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Health status indicators > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Maternal health services > Quality control > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Mothers > Prevention > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Obstetrical emergencies > Handbooks, manuals, etc

Note

• "Monitoring emergency obstetric care: a handbook was prepared by Deborah Maine (Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, and the Averting Maternal Death and Disability Program (AMDD), Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States), Patsy Bailey (Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States, and AMDD), Samantha Lobis (AMDD) and Judith Fortney (AMDD)." - p. v
• "The handbook is based on the publication Guidelines for monitoring the availability and use of obstetric services (1997)."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-59).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (1.86 MB, 164 p.)

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Indicators for EmOC -- 3. Collecting data for the indicators -- Appendix A: Forms and worksheets for data collection and calculation of EmOC indicators -- Appendix B: Information on registers and data collection -- Appendix C: Random number table

ISBN

• 9789241547734
• 9241547731

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library