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标题：Health system capacity: maternal health policy implementation in the state of Gujarat, India
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作者：Linda Sanneving ; Asli Kulane ; Aditi Iyer 等
期刊名称：Global Health Action
印刷版ISSN：1654-9716
电子版ISSN：1654-9880
出版年度：2013
卷号：6
期号：0
DOI：10.3402/gha.v6i0.19629
语种：English
出版社：Taylor & Francis
摘要：Introduction: The Government of Gujarat has for the past couple of decades continuously initiated several interventions to improve access to care for pregnant and delivering women within the state. Data from the last District Family Heath survey in Gujarat in 2007-2008 show that 56.4% of women had institutional deliveries and 71.5% had at least one antenatal check-up, indicating that challenges remain in increasing use of and access to maternal health care services.Objective: To explore the perceptions of high-level stakeholders on the process of implementing maternal health interventions in Gujarat.Method: Using the policy triangle framework developed by Walt and Gilson, the process of implementation was approached using in-depth interviews and qualitative content analysis.Result: Based on the analysis, three themes were developed: lack of continuity; the complexity of coordination; and lack of confidence and underutilization of the monitoring system. The findings suggest that decisions made and actions advocated and taken are more dependent on individual actors than on sustainable structures. The findings also indicate that the context in which interventions are implemented is challenged in terms of weak coordination and monitoring systems that are not used to evaluate and develop interventions on maternal health.Conclusions: The implementation of interventions on maternal health is dependent on the capacity of the health system to implement evidence-based policies. The capacity of the health system in Gujarat to facilitate implementation of maternal health interventions needs to be improved, both in terms of the role of actors and in terms of structures and processes.Keywords: maternal health; policy; implementation; India; Gujarat; health system capacity(Published: 22 March 2013)Citation: Glob Health Action 2013, 6: 19629 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v6i0.19629
关键词：Public Health;maternal health; policy; implementation; India; Gujarat; health system capacity