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View article: Lessons from a Health Policy and Systems Research programme exploring the quality and coverage of newborn care in Kenya
Lessons from a Health Policy and Systems Research programme exploring the quality and coverage of newborn care in Kenya Open
There are global calls for research to support health system strengthening in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). To examine the nature and magnitude of gaps in access and quality of inpatient neonatal care provided to a largel…
View article: Developing recommendations for neonatal inpatient care service categories: reflections from the research, policy and practice interface in Kenya
Developing recommendations for neonatal inpatient care service categories: reflections from the research, policy and practice interface in Kenya Open
Neonatal deaths contribute a growing proportion to childhood mortality, and increasing access to inpatient newborn care has been identified as a potential driver of improvements in child health. However, previous work by this research team…
View article: Developing recommendations for neonatal inpatient care service categories: reflections from the research, policy and practice interface in Kenya
Developing recommendations for neonatal inpatient care service categories: reflections from the research, policy and practice interface in Kenya Open
Neonatal deaths contribute a growing proportion to childhood mortality, and increasing access to inpatient newborn care has been identified as a potential driver of improvements in child health. However, previous work by this research team…
View article: Neonatal nasogastric tube feeding in a low-resource African setting – using ergonomics methods to explore quality and safety issues in task sharing
Neonatal nasogastric tube feeding in a low-resource African setting – using ergonomics methods to explore quality and safety issues in task sharing Open
View article: Nursing knowledge of essential maternal and newborn care in a high‐mortality urban African setting: A cross‐sectional study
Nursing knowledge of essential maternal and newborn care in a high‐mortality urban African setting: A cross‐sectional study Open
Aims To assess the knowledge of nurses of national guidelines for emergency maternity, routine newborn and small and sick newborn care in Nairobi County, Kenya. Background The vast majority of women deliver in a health facility in Nairobi.…
View article: Quantifying nursing care delivered in Kenyan newborn units: protocol for a cross-sectional direct observational study
Quantifying nursing care delivered in Kenyan newborn units: protocol for a cross-sectional direct observational study Open
Introduction In many African countries, including Kenya, a major barrier to achieving child survival goals is the slow decline in neonatal mortality that now represents 45% of the under-5 mortality. In newborn care, nurses are the primary …
View article: Effective coverage of essential inpatient care for small and sick newborns in a high mortality urban setting: a cross-sectional study in Nairobi City County, Kenya
Effective coverage of essential inpatient care for small and sick newborns in a high mortality urban setting: a cross-sectional study in Nairobi City County, Kenya Open
BACKGROUND: Effective coverage requires that those in need can access skilled care supported by adequate resources. There are, however, few studies of effective coverage of facility-based neonatal care in low-income settings, despite the r…
View article: What capacity exists to provide essential inpatient care to small and sick newborns in a high mortality urban setting? - A cross-sectional study in Nairobi City County, Kenya
What capacity exists to provide essential inpatient care to small and sick newborns in a high mortality urban setting? - A cross-sectional study in Nairobi City County, Kenya Open
Over 50% of Nairobi's sick newborns may not access a facility with adequate resources to provide essential care. A very high proportion of care accessed is provided by four public and one low cost mission facility; these face major challen…
View article: Neonatal nursing policy and practice in Kenya: Key stakeholders and their views on task-shifting as an intervention to improve care quality.
Neonatal nursing policy and practice in Kenya: Key stakeholders and their views on task-shifting as an intervention to improve care quality. Open
Background: Improving the quality of facility based neonatal care is central to tackling the burden of neonatal mortality in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC). Quality neonatal care is highly dependent on nursing care but a major chal…
View article: Expectations for nursing care in newborn units in Kenya: moving from implicit to explicit standards
Expectations for nursing care in newborn units in Kenya: moving from implicit to explicit standards Open
Neonatal mortality currently accounts for 45% of all child mortality in Kenya, standing at 22 per 1000 live births. Access to basic but high quality inpatient neonatal services for small and sick newborns will be key in reducing neonatal m…
View article: Nairobi Newborn Study: a protocol for an observational study to estimate the gaps in provision and quality of inpatient newborn care in Nairobi City County, Kenya
Nairobi Newborn Study: a protocol for an observational study to estimate the gaps in provision and quality of inpatient newborn care in Nairobi City County, Kenya Open
Introduction Progress has been made in Kenya towards reducing child mortality as part of efforts aligned with the fourth Millennium Development Goal. However, little advancement has been made in reducing mortality among newborns, which now…