Amanda Cleeve, Kristi Sidney Annerstedt, Ana Pilar Betrán, Helle Mölsted Alvesson, Charles Kaboré Wendyam, Guillermo Carroli, Pisake Lumbiganon, Mac Quoc Nhu Hung, Karen Zamboni, Newton Opiyo, Meghan A Bohren, Soha El Halabi, Celina Gialdini, Mercedes Vila Ortiz, Ramón Escuriet, Michael Robson, Alexandre Dumont, Claudia Hanson
The project 'Quality Decision-making by women and providers' (QUALI-DEC) combines four non-clinical interventions to promote informed decision-making surrounding mode of birth, improve women's birth experiences, and reduce caesarean sections among low-risk women. QUALI-DEC is currently being implemented in 32 healthcare facilities across Argentina, Burkina Faso, Thailand, and Viet Nam. In this paper, we detail implementation processes and the planned process evaluation, which aims to assess how and for whom QUALI-DEC worked, the mechanisms of change and their interactions with context and setting; adaptations to intervention and implementation strategies, feasibility of scaling-up, and cost-effectiveness of the intervention...
December 31, 2023: Global Health Action