Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Improving quality of reproductive health care in Senegal through formative supervision: results from four districts | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Open Access Improving quality of reproductive health care in Senegal through formative supervision results from four districts Siri Suh 1 Philippe Moreira2 and Moussa Ly2 Address University of Michigan Population Fellow Management Sciences for Health Cambridge MA 02139 USA and 2Management Sciences for Health Cambridge MA 02139 USA Email Siri Suh - sirisuh@ Philippe Moreira - phmoreira66@ Moussa Ly - Corresponding author Published 29 November 2007 Received 24 July 2006 Accepted 29 November 2007 Human Resources for Health 2007 5 26 doi 1478-4491-5-26 This article is available from http content 5 1 26 2007 Suh et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background In Senegal traditional supervision often focuses more on collection of service statistics than on evaluation of service quality. This approach yields limited information on quality of care and does little to improve providers competence. In response to this challenge Management Sciences for Health MSH has implemented a program of formative supervision. This multifaceted problem-solving approach collects data on quality of care improves technical competence and engages the community in improving reproductive health care. Methods This study evaluated changes in service quality and community involvement after two rounds of supervision in 45 health facilities in four districts of Senegal. We used checklists to assess quality in four areas of service delivery infrastructure staff and services management recordkeeping and technical competence. We also .
