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  • Title: Promoting safer motherhood: a checklist for communications and training.
    Author: Moore M.
    Journal: Mothers Child; 1994; 13(1):6-7. PubMed ID: 12287933.
    Abstract:
    Safe motherhood training may be undertaken for different purposes: 1) increasing the awareness of safe motherhood concepts among policymakers; 2) improving the job performance of maternal health care providers; 3) expanding the responsibilities of midwives and traditional birth attendants (TBAs); and 4) mobilizing new maternal health workers for the delivery of maternal care. The main functions of community pregnancy monitors (CPM) are to: identify pregnant women as early in pregnancy as possible; monitor pregnancies and postpartum periods, recording problems and events; look for and educate family members to look for danger signs in pregnant and postpartum women and newborns, and refer same; measure maternal nutritional status, weight gain, arm circumference, and check for anemia; insure pregnant women receive care not available in the community: maternal tetanus toxoid immunization; iran folate tablets and family planning supplies; promote self care, healthy nutrition, breast feeding, and safe, hygienic birth. Primary health care workers, TBAs, and midwives should be trained to perform emergency obstetric care in a timely and culturally sensitive manner. Safe motherhood activities involve women, community members, and health care providers in the development of strategies and materials; create awareness among policymakers, planners and the medical community about the need to expand the role of midwives; and strengthen the linkage between TBAs and modern health care providers.
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