Stakeholder and community engagement in quality improvement initiatives
Overview
Stakeholder and community engagement is integral to ensuring that the care of women and newborns is of high quality and according to their needs and preferences. It promotes collaboration and gives service users and community members an opportunity to actively participate in the care they receive and to reflect on how to ensure access for all. The Quality of Care Network considers stakeholder and community engagement as one of the ‘core systems’ required for quality improvement. To support Network countries in making comprehensive and meaningful stakeholder and community engagement an integral part of quality improvement initiatives, WHO and UNICEF have released a module and a mapping of tools for policy makers and programme implementers working in quality Improvement in maternal, newborn and child health.
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Integrating stakeholder and community engagement in quality of care initiatives for maternal, newborn...
Integrating stakeholder and community engagement in quality of care initiatives for maternal, newborn and child health was developed to guide policy makers...
Working with individuals, families and communities to improve maternal and newborn health
This toolkit was designed to support countries to integrate and operationalize key themes of empowerment and community engagement in maternal and newborn...
WHO recommendations on health promotion interventions for maternal and newborn health 2015
In 2003 WHO published "Working with individuals, families and communities to improve maternal and newborn health", known as the IFC Framework, that...
Working with individuals, families and communities to improve maternal and newborn health
The purpose of this document is to establish a common vision and approach, as well as to identify the role of the WHO Making Pregnancy Safer initiative,...