Tools for Assessment and Improvement

Child Health

• Assessing the functionality of job aids in supporting the performance of IMCI providers in Zambia
• Job aids on HIV and infant feeding
• Assessing health worker performance of IMCI in Kenya
• Developing job aids to increase adherence to an antibiotic regimen in children with pneumonia in Niger
• Malawi field study: Comparison of methods for assessing quality of health worker performance related to management of ill children

Maternal and Newborn Health

• Postpartum Family Planning Toolkit
• Kenya: Assessment of Health Workforce Competency and Facility Readiness to Provide Quality Maternal Health Services
• Are skilled birth attendants really skilled? A measurement method, some disturbing results and a potential way forward
• Safe motherhood studies -- timeliness of in-hospital care for treating obstetric emergencies
• Quality of obstetric care observed in 14 hospitals in Benin, Ecuador, Jamaica, and Rwanda
• Safe motherhood studies -- results from Benin. Competency of skilled birth attendants. The enabling environment for skilled attendance at delivery. In-hospital delays in obstetric care (documenting the third delay)
• Safe motherhood studies -- results from Jamaica. Competency of skilled birth attendants. The enabling environment for skilled attendance at delivery. In-hospital delays in obstetric care (documenting the third delay)
• Safe motherhood studies -- results from Rwanda. Competency of skilled birth attendants; the enabling environment for skilled attendance at delivery. In-hospital delays in obstetric care (documenting the third delay)
• Improving care for women suffering from pregnancy induced hypertension
• Developing evidence-based standards for pregnancy-induced hypertension in Russia
• Baseline assessments of essential obstetric care: Bolivia, Ecuador, and Honduras

Improvement Experiences

Child Health

• Using the collaborative approach to improve pediatric hospital care
• Improving Pediatric Care in Nicaragua
• The impact of QA methods on compliance with the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness algorithm in Niger
• Compliance, workload, and the cost of using the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness algorithm in Niger
• Using problem-solving teams to improve compliance with IMCI guidelines in Kenya
• Improving adherence to cotrimoxazole for the treatment of childhood pneumonia in Niger
• Assessing the functionality of job aids in supporting the performance of IMCI providers in Zambia
• A comparison of computer-based and standard training in the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness in Uganda

Maternal and Newborn Health

• Preventing postpartum hemorrhage: Why quality improvement matters
• Niger: Quality Improvement for Maternal-Newborn Health Services
• Using quality assessment to improve maternal care in Nicaragua
• Designing obstetric services to reduce maternal mortality in Guatemala
• Designing quality essential obstetric care services in Honduras
• Increasing compliance with maternal and child care quality standards in Ecuador
• Scaling up and institutionalizing continuous quality improvement in the free maternity and child care program in Ecuador
• The Nicaragua Mother and Baby Friendly Health Units Initiative: factors influencing its success and sustainability
• Improving the management of obstetric emergencies in Uganda through case management maps
• Improving the system of care for neonates suffering from respiratory distress syndrome in Tver Oblast
• Improving the system of care for women suffering from pregnancy-induced hypertension in Tver Oblast
• Improving the quality of care for women with pregnancy-induced hypertension reduces costs in Tver, Russia
• Quantifying the economic impact of using evidence-based clinical guidelines for pregnancy-induced hypertension in two hospitals
• Improving compliance with standards for essential obstetric care in Bolivia
• Safe Motherhood Studies—Results from Benin
• Redesigning hospital documentation systems to improve the quality of obstetric patient records in Ecuador

Other Resources

• Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival (BASICS) Publications
• Save the Children Newborn Health Resources
• Maternal and child health integrated program (MCHIP) program