Implementing facility-based kangaroo mother care services: lessons from a multi-country study in Africa

BMC Health Services Research

Jeremie Zoungrana²  Elise van Rooyen⁶  Rachel Taylor^1,10  Mariam Sylla⁵  Naamala Hanifah Sengendo³  Felix Sayinzoga⁷  Barbara Rawlins²  Fidèle Ngabo⁷  Béata Mukarugwiro²  Richard Luhanga⁸  Reuben Ligowe⁸  Modibo Kante⁹  Nathalie Gamache⁴  Karen Davy⁶  Patrick Aliganyira³  Joseph de-Graft Johnson^1,10  Stella Abwao^1,10  Kate Kerber¹  Anne-Marie Bergh⁶ 

[1] Save the Children, Cape Town, South Africa;Jhpiego, Washington, DC, USA;Save the Children International, Kampala, Uganda;Save the Children, Washington, DC, USA;Department of Paediatrics, Gabriel Toure Teaching Hospital, Bamako, Mali;MRC Unit for Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X323, Arcadia 0007, South Africa;Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda;Save the Children International, Lilongwe, Malawi;Save the Children International, Bamako, Mali;Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP), Washington, DC, USA

关键词: Newborn health;    Neonatal mortality;    Kangaroo mother care;    Infant premature;    Implementation;    Delivery of health care;   

Others  :  866670
DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6963-14-293

 received in 2013-11-11, accepted in 2014-07-03,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Some countries have undertaken programs that included scaling up kangaroo mother care. The aim of this study was to systematically evaluate the implementation status of facility-based kangaroo mother care services in four African countries: Malawi, Mali, Rwanda and Uganda.

Methods

A cross-sectional, mixed-method research design was used. Stakeholders provided background information at national meetings and in individual interviews. Facilities were assessed by means of a standardized tool previously applied in other settings, employing semi-structured key-informant interviews and observations in 39 health care facilities in the four countries. Each facility received a score out of a total of 30 according to six stages of implementation progress.

Results

Across the four countries 95 per cent of health facilities assessed demonstrated some evidence of kangaroo mother care practice. Institutions that fared better had a longer history of kangaroo mother care implementation or had been developed as centres of excellence or had strong leaders championing the implementation process. Variation existed in the quality of implementation between facilities and across countries. Important factors identified in implementation are: training and orientation; supportive supervision; integrating kangaroo mother care into quality improvement; continuity of care; high-level buy in and support for kangaroo mother care implementation; and client-oriented care.

Conclusion

The integration of kangaroo mother care into routine newborn care services should be part of all maternal and newborn care initiatives and packages. Engaging ministries of health and other implementing partners from the outset may promote buy in and assist with the mobilization of resources for scaling up kangaroo mother care services. Mechanisms for monitoring these services should be integrated into existing health management information systems.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Bergh et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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