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Reducing Maternal And Child Morbidity And Mortality Through Project Recommendations, Dominique Valentin
Reducing Maternal And Child Morbidity And Mortality Through Project Recommendations, Dominique Valentin
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Haiti is a Caribbean island with a humanitarian medical center providing healthcare services to 90,000 residents. Pregnant women visiting the medical clinic for prenatal care often do not return for delivery; instead, they return home to deliver alone or with the assistance of a traditional matron. Home-birth practices increase maternal-child health morbidity and mortality in an already fragile country. The purpose of this project was to gain a deeper understanding of Haitian pregnant women's preferences to deliver at home or at the healthcare clinic. The transtheoretical model for behavior change and the Johns Hopkins nursing evidence-based practice model guided the …