Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Venkateswaran, Mahima"
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Attributes and consequences of health information systems data for antenatal care : Health status, health system performance and policy
Venkateswaran, Mahima (Doctoral thesis, 2019-11-05)Background: A routine health information system (RHIS) serves as an important source of data for monitoring health of clients and health system performance. All countries use RHIS data for some form of priority setting; ... -
Determinants of utilization of antenatal and delivery care at the community level in rural Bangladesh
Pervin, Jesmin; Venkateswaran, Mahima; Nu, U. Tin; Rahman, Monjur; O’Donnell, Brian F.; Friberg, Ingrid Kristina; Rahman, Anisur; Frøen, J. Frederik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-28)Background: Timely utilization of antenatal care and delivery services supports the health of mothers and babies. Few studies exist on the utilization and determinants of timely ANC and use of different types of health ... -
Developing targeted client communication messages to pregnant women in Bangladesh: a qualitative study
Pervin, Jesmin; Sarker, Bidhan Krishna; Nu, U. Tin; Khatun, Fatema; Rahman, A. M. Quaiyum; Venkateswaran, Mahima; Rahman, Anisur; Frøen, Jahn Frederik Alexander Claude; Friberg, Ingrid Kristina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)AbstractBackground:Timely and appropriate evidence-based practices during antenatal care improve maternal andneonatal health. There is a lack of information on how pregnant women and families perceive antenatal care ... -
A digital health registry with clinical decision support for improving quality of antenatal care in Palestine (eRegQual): a pragmatic, cluster-randomised, controlled, superiority trial
Venkateswaran, Mahima; Ghanem, Buthaina; Abbas, Eatimad; Abu Khader, Khadija; Abu Ward, Itimad; Awwad, Tamara; Baniode, Mohammad; Frost, Michael James; Hijaz, Taghreed; Isbeih, Mervett; Mørkrid, Kjersti; Rose, Christopher James; Frøen, Frederik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Health worker compliance with clinical guidelines is enhanced by digital clinical decision support at the point of care. The Palestinian public health system is implementing a digital maternal and child health ... -
Electronic Immunization Registry in Rwanda: Qualitative Study of Health Worker Experiences
Uwera, Thaoussi; Venkateswaran, Mahima; Bhutada, Kiran; Papadopoulou, Eleni; Rukundo, Enock; Tumusiime, David K.; Frøen, Jahn Frederik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background: Monitoring childhood immunization programs is essential for health systems. Despite the introduction of an electronic immunization registry called e-Tracker in Rwanda, challenges such as lacking population ... -
An Electronic Registry for Improving the Quality of Antenatal Care in Rural Bangladesh (eRegMat): Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Rahman, Anisur; Friberg, Ingrid Kristina; Dolphyne, Akuba Kwansima; Fjeldheim, Ingvild; Khatun, Fatema; O’Donnell, Brian; Pervin, Jesmin; Rahman, Monjur; Rahman, A. M. Quaiyum; Nu, U. Tin; Sarker, Bidhan Krishna; Venkateswaran, Mahima; Frøen, Jahn Frederik Alexander Claude (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Digital health interventions (DHIs) can alleviate several barriers to achieving better maternal and child health. The World Health Organization’s guideline recommendations for DHIs emphasize the need to integrate ... -
eRegCom—Quality Improvement Dashboard for healthcare providers and Targeted Client Communication to pregnant women using data from an electronic health registry to improve attendance and quality of antenatal care: study protocol for a multi-arm cluster randomized trial
Blom-Bakke, Kjersti Mørkrid; Bungudo, Binyam; Abbas, Eatimad; Abu Khader, Khadija; Abu Ward, Itimad; Attalh, Amjad; Awwad, Tamara; Baniode, Mohammad; Frost, Kimberly; Frost, Michael James; Ghanem, Buthaina; Hijaz, Taghreed; Isbeih, Mervett; Issawi, Sally; Nazzal, Zaher A.S.; O’Donnell, Brian; Qaddomi, Sharif E.; Rabah, Yousef; Venkateswaran, Mahima; Frøen, Jahn Frederik Alexander Claude (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background This trial evaluates interventions that utilize data entered at point-of-care in the Palestinian maternal and child eRegistry to generate Quality Improvement Dashboards (QID) for healthcare providers and Targeted ... -
eRegistries: indicators for the WHO Essential Interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health
Flenady, Vicki; Wojcieszek, Aleena M.; Fjeldheim, Ingvild; Friberg, Ingrid; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Jani-Bølstad, Jagrati; Myhre, Sonja; Middleton, Philippa; Crowther, Caroline; Ellwood, David; Tudehope, David; Pattinson, Robert; Ho, Jacqueline; Matthews, Jiji; Ortega, Aurora Bermudez; Venkateswaran, Mahima; Chou, Doris; Say, Lale; Mehl, Garrett; Frøen, Frederik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-09-30)Background: Electronic health registries – eRegistries - can systematically collect relevant information at the point of care for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH). However, a suite of process and ... -
eRegMat – a digital registry for improved quality of antenatal care: a cluster-randomized trial in a rural area in Bangladesh
Venkateswaran, Mahima; Pervin, Jesmin; Dolphyne, Akuba; Friberg, Ingrid Kristina; Fjeldheim, Ingvild; Frøen, J. Frederik; Khatun, Fatema; O’Donnell, Brian; Rahman, Monjur; Rahman, A. M. Quaiyum; Tin Nu, U; Rose, Christopher James; Sarker, Bidhan Krishna; Rahman, Anisur (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Introduction Longitudinal client tracking systems with digital health interventions are recommended for implementation in resource-limited settings but lack evidence of benefits, harms, and implementation. In the eRegMat ... -
eRegTime—Time Spent on Health Information Management in Primary Health Care Clinics Using a Digital Health Registry Versus Paper-Based Documentation: Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
Venkateswaran, Mahima; Nazzal, Zaher; Ghanem, Buthaina; Khraiwesh, Reham; Abbas, Eatimad; Khader, Khadija Abu; Awwad, Tamara; Hijaz, Taghreed; Isbeih, Mervett; Blom-Bakke, Kjersti Mørkrid; Rose, Christopher James; Frøen, Jahn Frederik Alexander Claude (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Digital health interventions have been shown to improve data quality and health services in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Nonetheless, in LMICs, systematic assessments of time saved with the use ... -
Quality improvement dashboard for healthcare providers and targeted client communication to pregnant women to improve timely attendance and quality of antenatal care: A multi-arm cluster randomized trial (the eRegCom trial)
Blom-Bakke, Kjersti Mørkrid; Ghanem, Buthaina; Abbas, Eatimad; Khader, Khadija Abu; Ward, Itimad Abu; Ataallah, Amjad; Baniode, Mohammad; Bogale, Binyam; Hijaz, Taghreed; Frost, Kimberly; Frost, Michael James; Isbeih, Mervett; Issawi, Sally; Nazzal, Zaher A.S.; O’Donnell, Brian; Papadopoulou, Eleni Zoumpoulia; Qaddomi, Sharif; Rabah, Yousef; Rose, Christopher James; Venkateswaran, Mahima; Frøen, Jahn Frederik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: Digital health interventions can strengthen coverage and quality of care. Our aim was to assess the effectiveness of targeted client communication (TCC) to pregnant women via text messages, health care provider ...