[ ], Moreover, the frequent changes in hospital protocols during COVID-19 created confusion among the health care providers [48]. Fiona Alderdice, Becky K White. No, Is the Subject Area "Pregnancy" applicable to this article? However, there is a need for evidence about their effectiveness. Telehealth allows patients and clinicians to communicate faster, enabling self-management and modifications to avoid inpatient care and promoting access to care [87]. With this backdrop, the present systematic review was conducted to assess the impact of health emergencies (Zika, Ebola, and COVID-19) on facility and community-based MCH services utilization and identify various effective interventions or strategies adopted to ensure uptake/delivery of MCH care. The term alludes to the chimeras of . Supervision, Maternal and Child Health Journal | Contact the journal - Springer Content validity and interrater reliability were established. Julio E. Romero-Prieto, Disease outbreaks often negatively affect womens healthcare to a broader extent. Furthermore, the neonatal mortality rate rose from 13/1000 live births to 40/1000 live births (p = 0.0022), and similarly, the stillbirth rate rose from 14/1000 live births to 21/1000 live births (p = 0.0002) [32, 52]. Conceptualization, Investigation, Telemedicine was found to have quite a similar impact to face-to-face consultation [86]. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing A decline for BCG vaccination reported in the range of 2156.6% [27, 29, 36], 0.4% to 40% decline in Pentavalent [22, 27, 62, 64], 51% decline for polio doses [27, 65], 530% decline in measles first dose [53, 65] and 25.6% to 73.6% drop in measles, mumps and rubella uptake were reported irrespective of the settings (public or private) [64]. Alternative models of outreach services, such as a home visit by frontline staff, telemedicine, and involvement of private institutions, could be planned, ensuring adequate protection for HCPs [80]. Ensuring seamless delivery is vital for desirable MCH outcomes. By continuing to use our site, or clicking "Continue," you are agreeing to our, To register for email alerts, access free PDF, and more, Get unlimited access and a printable PDF ($40.00), 2023 American Medical Association. Qualitative findings suggest suspending of elective gynecological services, reducing post-delivery hospital stay, and restricting ANC meetings as adopted strategies during the COVID pandemic [48]. Ongoing Columns Acuity Tools for the Antepartum and Neonatal Intensive Care Units Roth, Cheryl; Dent, Sarah A.; Luster, Mary H.; More Acuity tools for the antepartum unit and neonatal intensive care unit were developed by a group of expert nurses. In India, there was a 45% decrease in institutional deliveries and a 7.2% increase in high-risk pregnancies, whereas, in Nepal, a 52.4% decrease in facility births was reported. Maternal and Child Health Journal offers an exclusive forum for advancing scientific and professional knowledge of the maternal and child health (MCH) field. Maternal and Child Health Journal is a journal covering the technologies/fields/categories related to Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Q1); Epidemiology (Q2); Obstetrics and Gynecology (Q2); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q2). 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Jorge Andrs Delgado-Ron. Yes Furthermore, many pregnant women have found it challenging to access healthcare facilities due to the lockdown and movement limits. [ ], By Allyson Felix. [Gizelis et al. Qualitative findings attributed multiple factors to a decline in immunization uptake. Intrapartum services. 1 It is estimated that 2 of 3 US pregnancy deaths may be preventable, highlighting the need for improvement in maternal health, including enhancing access to care and delivery of care. Other strategies adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic include strict screening and testing for patients, restricting attendants, virtual follow-up of cases [76], patient triage, and screening before the appointment [43, 48]. Similarly, an Ethiopian study found that missed ANC visits were associated with a lack of travel means during lockdown (28%), fear of infection (56.8%), stay-at-home instructions (17%), and redirection of maternal health services/personnel (33%) [30]. The overall U.S. maternal death rate rose to 32.9 per 100,000 in 2021, almost twice the 2018 rate of 17.4 deaths per 100,000, according to figures released by the Commonwealth Fund. 'This could have been me:' Olympian's death spotlights Black maternal Methodology, A comprehensive search was conducted in MEDLINE/PubMed, Cochrane CENTRAL, Embase, ProQuest, Google Scholar, Epistemonikos, and ScienceDirect using a predefined search strategy based on population, intervention/phenomenon of interest, comparator/context, and outcomes (S1 Data). 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Similarly, a 28.8% dip was observed in overall TT vaccination during the lockdown in Pakistan [36]. Journal of Maternal and Child Health Journal article Prevalence and Determinants of Postpartum Depression in Sukoharjo District, Central Java Open Access 2018 Ryanawati Putriarsih, Uki Retno Budihastuti + 1 other Vaccinations are time-sensitive, and if children are not vaccinated within the due time, they will miss out on the benefits of lifelong immunity, exposing the whole cohort to vaccine-preventable diseases [84]. This review will offer evidence to key stakeholders at different levels of the healthcare system for developing and implementing a straightforward approach with a context-specific strategic plan to overcome pandemic-related negative consequences on MCH care. The synthesis of the qualitative data was done using thematic analysis. Maternal and Child Health Journal | Online first articles - Springer here. Zhifeng Gao, Mengistie Diress, NNLM and Network of the National Library of Medicine are service . The unavailability of technology for virtual (video) consultation led to the uptake of telecommunication as an alternative to serving the purpose[75]. Thirty-three of sixty included studies were funded. Volumes and issues. The provision of MCH services has been an uphill battle globally due to the unique situations created by pandemics. Studies reported a 6692% decrease in diarrhoea cases, while a 10.3% to 89% decline in ARI was reported [22, 53, 55, 56]. Jessica Simon. Harriet S.MeyerMD,Contributing EditorJonathan D.EldredgeMLS, PhD,Journal Review EditorRobertHoganMD,adviser for new media. October 2020, issue 10. Saint Clair Gomes Jnior, The Maternal and Child Health Journal, in collaboration with MCHB and the National MCH Workforce Development Center, released a special issue in September 2022. Federico Andrade-Rivas. Due to an increasing demand of research work publication, starting Volume 4 Issue 5 the JMCH is published bi-monthly, consisting of 12 articles in each issue. Building the trust and confidence of mothers (beneficiaries) and the health care workers, addressing transportation-related challenges to health facilities during pandemics are critically important. During Ebola, it was reported that under the most conservative scenario, a decrease in utilization of life-saving health services resulted in 3600 extra stillbirths, maternal and neonatal deaths in 201415 [23]. Any quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method studies irrespective of settings were involved. Most of the included studies were from the African Region(38%), followed by European Region(25%), Region of the Americas(13%), South-East Asian Region(8%), Western Pacific Region(7%), and Eastern Mediterranean Region(2%) while 7% were not specific to any region (Fig 3). Search. For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click 2.1. Data curation, They are liking that we take them into consideration and not going and spreading germs from one house to the other. Of 60 studies, 37 were weighted above 70% and categorized as high quality, while 19 studies scored between 4070% (moderate) and four scored below 40%, thus categorized as of low quality. The entire study selection was made independently and in duplicate. Elizabeth Butrick, A fall in the immunization uptake and reduced compliance with vaccination among parents, was reported due to the COVID-19 crisis [31, 62, 63]. Moreover, if they are detected to be COVID-19 positive, they may not deliver their child normally or will be separated from their child [41, 43, 44, 46]. "During COVID-19, there were no delivery services in government, so they chose to seek the services at the private facilities.
