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Perceptions and practices in urban Burkina Faso: a qualitative study on gestational age estimation among health workers

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اقرأ على الانترنت اقرأ أكثر حفظ في قائمتي
  • معلومة اضافية
    • بيانات النشر:
      Informa UK Limited, 2025.
    • الموضوع:
      2025
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      PURPOSE: The DenBalo study in Burkina Faso aimed to examine biological vulnerability in preterm versus full-term newborns but recorded fewer preterm births than expected based on routine health centre statistics. To investigate this discrepancy, a qualitative study was conducted to understand how healthcare workers assess gestational age in urban Burkina Faso. METHODS: Ten in-depth interviews and four focus groups were conducted with health workers across four centres in Bobo-Dioulasso. Thematic analysis revealed five key themes: definitions of preterm birth, gestational age estimation methods, preterm birth reporting, care challenges, and proposed improvements. RESULTS: Health workers varied in their definitions of preterm birth, using either gestational age (
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      application/pdf
    • ISSN:
      1748-2631
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1080/17482631.2025.2508421
    • Rights:
      CC BY
      URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsair.doi.dedup.....5c00e124ae0b48f7fdaa9197df593ce8