Quality improvement in maternal and reproductive health services

Celia Karp; Erika M Edwards; Hannah Tappis

doi:10.1186/s12884-023-06207-y

Quality improvement in maternal and reproductive health services

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024 Jan 3;24(1):21. doi: 10.1186/s12884-023-06207-y.

Authors

Celia Karp¹, Erika M Edwards^{2

3

4}, Hannah Tappis^{1

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
² College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA. erika.edwards@uvm.edu.
³ Robert Larner, MD, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA. erika.edwards@uvm.edu.
⁴ Vermont Oxford Network, 33 Kilburn Street, 05401, Burlington, VT, USA. erika.edwards@uvm.edu.
⁵ JHPIEGO, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁶ Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Abstract

As maternal mortality and morbidity rates stagnate or increase worldwide, there is an urgent need to address health system issues that impede access to high-quality care. Learning from efforts to address the value, safety, and effectiveness of reproductive and maternal health care is essential to advancing quality improvement efforts.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Maternal Health Services*
Maternal Mortality
Pregnancy
Quality Improvement
Reproduction
Reproductive Health Services*