PMID- 24932928
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140819
LR  - 20140617
IS  - 1020-3397 (Print)
IS  - 1020-3397 (Linking)
VI  - 20
IP  - 1
DP  - 2014 Feb 11
TI  - Community participation eludes Pakistan's maternal, newborn and child health 
      programme.
PG  - 10-6
AB  - This study looked at the comprehensiveness of the primary health care approach 
      being applied in Pakistan's National Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) 
      Programme launched in 2005. The methods included a review of the programme's 
      guideline documents, in-depth interviews with managers/advisors and focus group 
      discussions with community groups and service providers. The MNCH Programme is 
      applying a selective primary care model. Programme advisors and managers were 
      concerned about the quality of training, political interference and incomplete 
      implementation. Service providers were not working together as envisioned. 
      Community midwives complained about the community's perceptions of them. 
      Community members were unaware of MNCH Programme implementation in their areas. 
      Pakistan's primary health care programme needs to be reviewed and revised 
      according current thinking on community participation and inter-sectoral 
      collaboration to accelerate progress towards achievement of Millennium 
      Development Goals 4 and 5.
FAU - Akhtar, T
AU  - Akhtar T
AD  - Consultant Research and Development, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, 
      Pakistan.
FAU - Khan, Z
AU  - Khan Z
AD  - Directorate of Research and Development, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, 
      Pakistan.
FAU - Raoof, S
AU  - Raoof S
AD  - Consultant Research and Development, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, 
      Pakistan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20140211
PL  - Egypt
TA  - East Mediterr Health J
JT  - Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee 
      orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit
JID - 9608387
SB  - IM
MH  - Child
MH  - Child Health Services/*organization & administration
MH  - *Child Welfare
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - *Cooperative Behavior
MH  - Data Collection
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - Maternal Health Services/*organization & administration
MH  - *Maternal Welfare
MH  - Models, Organizational
MH  - Organizational Objectives
MH  - Pakistan
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - *Primary Health Care
MH  - Program Evaluation
EDAT- 2014/06/17 06:00
MHDA- 2014/08/20 06:00
CRDT- 2014/06/17 06:00
PHST- 2012/01/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/11/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/06/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/06/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/08/20 06:00 [medline]
PST - epublish
SO  - East Mediterr Health J. 2014 Feb 11;20(1):10-6.