The use of ‘mother and baby gifts’ ( MBG s) to increase uptake of supervised births in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea | Zendy

Kirby Barry | Zendy; Mola Glen | Zendy; Case Colin | Zendy; Robson Stephen J. | Zendy

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The use of ‘mother and baby gifts’ ( MBG s) to increase uptake of supervised births in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea

Author(s) -

Kirby Barry,

Mola Glen,

Case Colin,

Robson Stephen J.

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734

H-Index - 65

eISSN - 1479-828X

pISSN - 0004-8666

DOI - 10.1111/ajo.12325

Subject(s) - new guinea , bay , infant mortality , state (computer science) , geography , live birth , demography , clothing , medicine , socioeconomics , environmental health , sociology , pregnancy , ethnology , population , biology , archaeology , computer science , genetics , algorithm

Improving access to supervised birth reduces mortality in developing countries. In the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea, many women do not deliver at local health centres ( HC s) because they feel ‘shy’ at presenting in an impoverished state and not having baby's clothes, and the state of facilities associated with HC s was poor. To overcome this, women were offered ‘mother and baby gifts’ ( MBG s) at the time of delivery. We found subsequent increases in the rate of supervised birth in all HC s surveyed.

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