Browsing Faculty of Community and Health Sciences by Author "Jackson, Debra"
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Monitoring healthcare improvement for mothers and newborns: A quantitative review of WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA standards using every mother every mewborn assessment tools
Siseho, Gloria Mutimbwa; Mathole, Thubelihle; Jackson, Debra (Frontiers Media, 2022)Assessment tools with the ability to capture WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA standard quality-of-care measures are needed. This study aimed to assess the ability of Every Mother Every Newborn (EMEN) tools to capture WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA ... -
PMTCT data management and reporting during the transition phase of implementing the rationalised Registers in Amathole District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Oyebanji, Oyebola Gbenga; Mathole, Thubelihle; Jackson, Debra (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022)Background: The National Department of Health, in March 2015, launched the implementation of Rationalisation of Register, aimed at reducing the amount of time invested in completing the registers and collecting data. ... -
Priority indicators for adolescent health measurement – recommendations from the Global action for Measurement of Adolescent health (GAMA) advisory group
Marsh, Andrew D.; Moller, Ann-Beth; Jackson, Debra (Elsevier, 2022)This article describes the selection of priority indicators for adolescent (10e19 years) health measurement proposed by the Global Action for Measurement of Adolescent health advi- sory group and partners, building on ... -
Promoting awareness of the role of the district clinical specialist team in the Amathole District, South Africa: A valuable specialty in improving healthcare access and quality
Oyebanji, Oyebola G.; Mathole, Thubelihle; Jackson, Debra (Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022)Introduction: This study explored the understanding of healthcare professionals on the role of the District Clinical Specialist Team (DCST) and how the team works together with the district personnel at different management ... -
Quality of home-based rapid HIV testing by community lay counsellors in a rural district of South Africa
Jackson, Debra; Naik, Reshma; Doherty, Tanya; Tabana, Hanani; Pillay, Mogiluxmi; Madurai, Savathee; Zembe, Wanga (International Aids Society, 2013)INTRODUCTION: Lack of universal, annual testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in health facilities suggests that expansion of HIV testing and counselling (HTC) to non-clinical settings is critical to the achievement ... -
Regular measurement is essential but insufficient to improve quality of healthcare
Jackson, Debra; Agweyu, Ambrose; Hill, Kathleen (BMJ, 2023)Background: Evidence on the detrimental effect of low quality health systems on preventable mortality worldwide has accelerated investments in large scale healthcare improvement. Regular measurement of quality of care is ... -
South African child deaths 1990-2011: have HIV services reversed the trend enough to meet Millennium Development Goal 4?
Kerber, Kate J.; Lawn, Joy E.; Sanders, David; Jackson, Debra; Johnson, Leigh F.; Maye, Mary; Dorrington, Rob E.; Phillips, Heston; Bradshaw, Debbie; Nannan, Nadine; Msemburi, William; Oestergaard, Mikkel Z.; Walker, Neff P. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013)OBJECTIVE: To analyse trends in under-five mortality rate in South Africa (1990–2011), particularly the contribution of AIDS deaths. METHODS: Three nationally used models for estimating AIDS deaths in children ... -
South-Africa (Goodstart III) trial: community based maternal and newborn care economic analysis
Daviaud, Emmanuelle; Nkonki, Lungiswa; Ijumba, Petrida; Doherty, Tanya; Lawn, Joy E.; Owen, Helen; Jackson, Debra; Tomlinson, Mark (Oxford University Press, 2017)In light of South Africa’s generalized HIV/AIDS epidemic coupled with high infant mortality, we undertook a cluster Randomized Control Trial (2008–10) assessing the effect of Community Health Worker (CHW) antenatal and ... -
South-Africa (Goodstart III) trial: community-based maternal and newborn care economic analysis
Daviaud, Emmanuelle; Nkonki, Lungiswa L.; Ijumba, Petrida; Doherty, Tanya; Lawn, Joy E.; Owen, Helen; Jackson, Debra; Tomlinson, Mark (Oxford University Press, 2017)In light of South Africa’s generalized HIV/AIDS epidemic coupled with high infant mortality, we undertook a cluster Randomized Control Trial (2008–10) assessing the effect of Community Health Worker (CHW) antenatal and ... -
State of newborn care in South Sudan’s displacement camps: a descriptive study of facility-based deliveries
Sami, Samira; Kerber, Kate; Kenyi, Solomon; Amsalu, Ribka; Tomczyk, Barbara; Jackson, Debra; Dimiti, Alexander; Scudder, Elaine; Meyers, Janet; Umurungi, Jean Paul De Charles; Kenneth, Kemish; Mullany, Luke C. (BMC, 2017)BACKGROUND: Approximately 2.7 million neonatal deaths occur annually, with highest rates of neonatal mortality in countries that have recently experienced conflict. Constant instability in South Sudan further strains a ... -
Testing together challenges the relationship': Consequences of HIV Testing as a couple in a High HIV prevalence setting in Rural South Africa
Tabana, Hanani; Doherty, Tanya; Jackson, Debra; Rubenson, Birgitta; Ekström, Anna Mia; Thorson, Anna (Public Library of Science, 2013)OBJECTIVE: We conducted qualitative individual and combined interviews with couples to explore their experiences since the time of taking an HIV test and receiving the test result together, as part of a home-based HIV ... -
Uptake and predictors of early postnatal follow–up care amongst mother–baby pairs in South Africa: Results from three population–based surveys, 2010–2013
Larsen, Anna; Cheyip, Mireille; Aynalem, Getahun; Dinh, Thu–ha; Jackson, Debra; Ngandu, Nobubelo Kwanele; Chirinda, Witness; Mogashoa, Mary; Kindra, Gupreet; Lombard, Carl; Goga, Ameena (Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2017)BACKGROUND Achieving World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for postnatal care (PNC) within the first few weeks of life is vital to eliminating early mother–to–child transmission of HIV (MTCT) and improving ... -
Uptake of, barriers and enablers to the utilization of postnatal care services in Thyolo, Malawi
Nyondo‑Mipando, Alinane Linda; Chirwa, Marumbo; Jackson, Debra (BMC, 2023)Postnatal care (PNC) ensures early assessments for danger signs during the postpartum period and is to be provided within 24 h of birth, 48–72 h, 7–14 days, and six weeks after birth. This study assessed the uptake of ... -
Use of routine health information systems to monitor disruptions of coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health services during COVID-19: A scoping review
Jackson, Debra; Katwan, Elizabeth; Boehm, Claudia; Diaz, Theresa (Journal of global health, 2023)Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is a unique global health challenge which disrupted essential health services (EHS). Most early data related to EHS during the COVID-19 pandemic came from country and regional “pulse” ... -
What influences linkage to care after home-based HIV counseling and testing?
Naik, Reshma; Zembe, Wanga; Adigun, Fatima; Jackson, Elizabeth; Tabana, Hanani; Jackson, Debra; Feeley, Frank; Doherty, Tanya (Springer Verlag, 2017)To maximize the benefits of test and treat strategies that utilize community-based HIV testing, clients who test positive must link to care in a timely manner. However, linkage rates across the HIV treatment cascade are ... -
“You have to take action”: changing knowledge and attitudes towards newborn care practices during crisis in South Sudan
Sami, Samira; Kerber, Kate; Tomczyk, Barbara; Amsalu, Ribka; Jackson, Debra (Taylor & Francis, 2017)Highest rates of neonatal mortality occur in countries that have recently experienced conflict. International Medical Corps implemented a package of newborn interventions in June 2016, based on the Newborn health in ...