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Perinatal health care of women without health care insurance in Germany

Michel-Schuldt, M Heusermann, G

In Germany, approximately 60,000 people live without health insurance, including women of reproductive age. Pregnant and childbearing women and their children in this group are exposed to greater h...

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An implementation intervention to increase the routine provision of antenatal care addressing gestational weight gain: study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster trial.

Kingsland, M Hollis, J Farragher, E Wolfenden, L Campbell, K Pennell, C Reeves, P Tully, B Daly, J Attia, J Oldmeadow, C Hunter, M Murray, H Paolucci, F Foureur, M Rissel, C Gillham, K Wiggers, J

BACKGROUND: Weight gain during pregnancy that is outside of recommended levels is associated with a range of adverse outcomes for the mother and child, including gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia...

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HeAlth System StrEngThening in four sub-Saharan African countries (ASSET) to achieve high-quality, evidence-informed surgical, maternal and newborn, and primary care: protocol for pre-implementation phase studies.

Seward, N Hanlon, C Abdella, A Abrahams, Z Alem, A Araya, R Bachmann, M Bekele, A Bogale, B Brima, N Chibanda, D Curran, R Davies, J Beyene, A Fairall, L Farrant, L Frissa, S Gallagher, J Gao, W Gwyther, L Harding, R Kartha, MR Leather, A Lund, C Marx, M Nkhoma, K Murdoch, J Petersen, I Petrus, R van Rensburg, A Sandall, J Sevdalis, N Sheenan, A Tadesse, A Thornicroft, G Verhey, R Willott, C Prince, M

To achieve universal health coverage, health system strengthening (HSS) is required to support the of delivery of high-quality care. The aim of the National Institute for Health Research Global Res...

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Blood pressure monitoring in high-risk pregnancy to improve the detection and monitoring of hypertension (the BUMP 1 and 2 trials): protocol for two linked randomised controlled trials.

Dougall, G Franssen, M Tucker, KL Yu, L-M Hinton, L Rivero-Arias, O Abel, L Allen, J Band, RJ Chisholm, A Crawford, C Green, M Greenfield, S Hodgkinson, J Leeson, P McCourt, C MacKillop, L Nickless, A Sandall, J Santos, M Tarassenko, L Velardo, C Wilson, H Yardley, L Chappell, L McManus, RJ

INTRODUCTION: Self-monitoring of blood pressure (BP) in pregnancy could improve the detection and management of pregnancy hypertension, while also empowering and engaging women in their own care. T...

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Mental health near miss indicators in maternity care: a missed opportunity? A commentary.

Easter, A Howard, LM Sandall, J

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Author Correction: Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017.

LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators,

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

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Home delivery among antenatal care booked women in their last pregnancy and associated factors: community-based cross sectional study in Debremarkos town, North West Ethiopia, January 2016.

Kasaye, HK Endale, ZM Gudayu, TW Desta, MS

BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, nearly half of the mothers who were booked for antenatal care, who supposed to have institutional delivery, gave home delivery nationally. Home delivery accounts majority w...

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Frequency of seizure attack and associated factors among patients with epilepsy at University of Gondar Referral Hospital: a cross-sectional study, Gondar, North West Ethiopia, 2017.

Tigistu, M Azale, T Kebebe, H Yihunie, T

OBJECTIVE: About three-fourth of adults with new-onset epilepsy become seizure-free with current anti-epileptic drugs, but around one-fourth of the patients continue to experience seizure which inc...

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Role of maternity waiting homes in the reduction of maternal death and stillbirth in developing countries and its contribution for maternal death reduction in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Dadi, TL Bekele, BB Kasaye, HK Nigussie, T

BACKGROUND: Every family expect to have a healthy mother and new born baby after pregnancy. Especially for parents, pregnancy is a time of great anticipation. Access to maternal and child health ca...

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Uterine rupture among mothers admitted for obstetrics care and associated factors in referral hospitals of Amhara regional state, institution-based cross-sectional study, Northern Ethiopia, 2013-2017.

Getahun, WT Solomon, AA Kassie, FY Kasaye, HK Denekew, HT

BACKGROUND: Maternal morbidity and mortality have been one of the most challenging health problems that concern the globe over the years. Uterine rupture is one of the peripartum complications, whi...

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