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Table 3 Overview of reviewed national clinical practice guidelines for maternal care including an assessment of their format

From: 'How to know what you need to do': a cross-country comparison of maternal health guidelines in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Tanzania

 

Name of Guideline

No. of pages

Format

   

Usability

Applicability

Burkina

Faso

Protocoles De Santé De La

Reproduction - Santé de la femme et du nouveau-né de moins de sept (7) jours (2009)

145

Low:

text written in narrative format, difficult to navigate and find information

Low:

no clear algorithms for decision making

 

Carnet de Santé

(Antenatal card)

(No publication date)

35

Medium:

record for ANC visits and delivery, checklists available but limited

Low:

no algorithms for decision making, no partograph to monitor intra-partum care

Ghana

National Safe Motherhood

Service Protocol (2008)

128

High:

easy to navigate and find information

High:

clear algorithms for decision-making and managing conditions and complications of pregnancy, delivery and postpartum period at different levels of care

 

Maternal Health Record Book

(Antenatal card)

(No publication date)

15

Medium:

checklists and record for antenatal,

delivery and postpartum care

Medium:

no algorithms for decision making, partograph to monitor intra-partum care included

Tanzania

RCH4

(Antenatal card) (2008)

5

Medium:

checklists and record for antenatal, delivery and postpartum care

Medium:

no algorithms for decision making, partograph to monitor intra-partum care included

 

Emergency Obstetric Job Aid (2005)

41

Medium:

easy to navigate but organised by obstetric condition rather than symptoms

High:

clear algorithms for managing complications during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum period at different levels of care

 

Focused Antenatal Care, Malaria and Syphilis in Pregnancy - Orientation Package for Service Providers (2002)

146

Low:

text written in narrative format, no index, difficult to navigate and find information

Low:

no clear algorithms for decision making