Title of the study: Can she make it?

Transportation barriers to accessing maternal and child

health care services in rural Ghana

Maternal and child health:

The study targets and aim to bring accessible health care services to the doorstep of clients
towards improving maternal and child health outcomes most especially to some rural areas that
have transportation problem that threatens health care professional in providing accessible
service (Atuove et. al., 2015).

Salient:
The maternal and child health is significant and should be accessible for all most especially to
those rural areas like Ghana in order to improve each communities and families in terms of
maternal and child care outcomes. Moreover, it also focuses in the importance of improving
adherence to referral and access to emergency obstetric services to those families in need
(Atuove et. al., 2015).

Title of the study: Health promotion in pregnancy: enforcement of Nola Pender theory on
prenatal care.

Theoretical and/or conceptual models:

The article aims to help promote woman who are pregnant to have an overall health and
wellbeing. Moreover, Nola Pender nursing theory which is health promotion that emphasizes the
understanding of behavior motivated by the desire to increase well-being to optimum health.
Thus, Healthcare professionals helped guide the pregnant woman during this state of high
assertiveness to achieve an overall better health for themselves and their child. (de Arauju Gama
et al., 2016).

Salient:
The study focusses on providing knowledge and explanation in regards of maternal health. In
that matter, lifestyle can have impact on the health of the newborn same goes in desire to
increase well-being to achieved optimal health. Thus, the application of the nursing theory of
Nola Pender which is health promotion towards both the mother and the newborn (de Arauju
Gama et al., 2016).

Title of the study: Using Infant Mortality Data to Improve Maternal and Child Health Programs:
An Application of Statistical Process Control Techniques for Rare Events. Maternal and Child
Health Journal

Statistics about maternal and child care:

The study introduces the infant mortality (IMR) in which emphasizes on the understanding of
public health issues and support health departments towards analyzing and displaying data in
order to support learning, collaborative improvement and innovation to reduce IMR. It also
created statistical process control (SPC) charts for rare events (Finnerty et. al., 2015).

Salient:
The use of SPC charts has potential aid to maternal and child health practitioner in terms of
interpreting, learning data and highlight the utilization value of T and G charts. It also includes
opportunity in creating continues updated chart for our maternal and child health practitioner in
order for them to monitor IMR (Finnerty et. al., 2015).

Title of the study: A qualitative analysis of men’s involvement in maternal and child health as a
policy intervention in rural Central Malawi

Other related topics:

The study emphasizes men’s involvement in maternal and child health that presents opportunity
in advancement of nutrition as men plays key role towards decision making particularly
regarding women’s reproductive health (Mkandawire & Hendriks, 2018).

Salient:
The study promotes the importance of involving men in maternal and child health towards
improving nutrition outcomes. It emphasizes the need of policy makers and awareness of change
in gender dynamics. It gives knowledge that not only women are involved in the nutrition of both
maternal and child but also the approach of involving men’s role (Mkandawire & Hendriks,
2018).

References
Atuove, K. N., Dixon, J., Rishworth, A., Galaa, S. Z., Boamah, S. & Luginaah, I. (2015). Can
she make it? Transportation barriers to accessing maternal and child health care services in
rural Ghana. Google Scholar. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-015-1005-y
de Araújo, G., Figuer, M. C. S., Rodriguez, M. D. S. & Alves, K. D. M. C. (2016, November).
Health promotion in pregnancy: enforcement of Nola Pender theory on prenatal care.
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(2019). Using Infant Mortality Data to Improve Maternal and Child Health Programs: An
Application of Statistical Process Control Techniques for Rare Events. Maternal and Child
Health Journal. doi:10.1007/s10995-018-02710-3 
Mkandawire, E. & Hendriks, S. (2018, January 19). A qualitative analysis of men’s involvement
in maternal and child health as a policy intervention in rural Central Malawi. Google Scholar.
https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-018-1669-5

Title of the study: Applying normalization process theory to understand implementation of a

family violence screening and care model in maternal and child health nursing practice: a mixed
method process evaluation of a randomized controlled trial.

Theoretical and/or conceptual models:

The study applies Normalization Process Theory (NPT) in which aims to understand facilitators
and barriers in implementation of enhancing screening model to maternal child health care
nurses in clinical practice. It also focuses in delivering primary health care to families with
emphasis on health promotion, parenting support and early intervention (Hooker et. al., 2015).

Salient:
The used of Normalization Process Theory helped in identifying enhanced intervention
effectiveness. It also focuses on family violence barrier that threatens the health promotion of
both maternal and child care. In that matter it provides health consultations and greater
collaboration with family violence’s services (Hooker et. al., 2015).

Hooker, L., Small, R., Hegarty, K. & Taft, A. (2015). Applying normalization process theory to
understand implementation of a family violence screening and care model in maternal and child
health nursing practice: a mixed method process evaluation of a randomized controlled trial.
https://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13012-015-0230-4