Integrated Person-Centered Health Care for All Women During Pregnancy: Implementing World Health Organization Recommendations on Antenatal Care for a Positive Pregnancy Experience

Glob Health Sci Pract. 2017 Jun 27;5(2):197-201. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00141. Print 2017 Jun 27.

Abstract

The 2016 WHO guideline on routine antenatal care (ANC) recommends several health systems interventions to improve quality of care and increase use of services including:

  1. Midwife-led continuity of care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods

  2. Task shifting components of ANC, including promotion of health-related behaviors and distribution of nutrition supplements

  3. Recruitment and retention of health workers in rural and remote areas

  4. Community mobilization to improve communication and support to pregnant women

  5. Women-held case notes

  6. A model with a minimum of 8 antenatal care contacts

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Delivery of Health Care, Integrated*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Patient-Centered Care / organization & administration*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Care / organization & administration*
  • World Health Organization