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Measuring Service Quality And Assessing Its Relationship To Contraceptive Discontinuation: A Prospective Cohort Study In Pakistan And Uganda, Karen T. Chang, Nirali M. Chakraborty, Amanda M. Kalamar, Waqas Hameed, Ben Bellows, Karen A. Grépin, Agha Xaher Gul, Sarah E K. Bradley, Lynn M. Atuyambe, Dominic Montagu
Measuring Service Quality And Assessing Its Relationship To Contraceptive Discontinuation: A Prospective Cohort Study In Pakistan And Uganda, Karen T. Chang, Nirali M. Chakraborty, Amanda M. Kalamar, Waqas Hameed, Ben Bellows, Karen A. Grépin, Agha Xaher Gul, Sarah E K. Bradley, Lynn M. Atuyambe, Dominic Montagu
Community Health Sciences
Background: The quality of contraceptive counseling that women receive from their provider can influence their future contraceptive continuation. We examined (1) whether the quality of contraceptive service provision could be measured in a consistent way by using existing tools from 2 large-scale social franchises, and (2) whether facility quality measures based on these tools were consistently associated with contraceptive discontinuation.
Methods: We linked existing, routinely collected facility audit data from social franchise clinics in Pakistan and Uganda with client data. Clients were women aged 15-49 who initiated a modern, reversible contraceptive method from a sampled clinic. Consented participants completed an …
Evaluating A Work/Study Programme For Nurses And Midwives At Aga Khan University, Uganda, Hellen Kyakuwaire, Agnes Kirikumwino, Juliet Nabossa, Grace Edwards
Evaluating A Work/Study Programme For Nurses And Midwives At Aga Khan University, Uganda, Hellen Kyakuwaire, Agnes Kirikumwino, Juliet Nabossa, Grace Edwards
School of Nursing & Midwifery, East Africa
The work/study programme for nurses and midwives at Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery (AKU-SONAM) is a unique concept in East Africa. This study explored whether nursing and midwifery students undergoing a work-study programme at AKU-SONAM felt their education was underpinned by an adult education philosophy. A semi-structured questionnaire designed specifically for this study based on the Knowles’ (1980) ‘Principles of Adult Education’ was administered to 96 students who completed their programmes in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Our paper reports on both the positive aspects of students’ experiences in this work-study programme, including the improvement of critical thinking …