If we build it, will they come? Results of a quasi-experimental study assessing the impact of maternity waiting homes on facility-based childbirth and maternity care in Zambia

Nancy A Scott, Jeanette L Kaiser, Thandiwe Ngoma, Kathleen L McGlasson, Elizabeth G Henry, Michelle L Munro-Kramer, Godfrey Biemba, Misheck Bwalya, Viviane R Sakanga, Gertrude Musonda, Davidson H Hamer, Carol J Boyd, Rachael Bonawitz, Taryn Vian, Margaret E Kruk, Rachel M Fong, Parker S Chastain, Kaluba Mataka, Eden Ahmed Mdluli, Philip Veliz, Jody R Lori, Peter C Rockers

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006385
Published: 2021-12
Container: BMJ Global Health
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006385,
  title = {If we build it, will they come? Results of a quasi-experimental study assessing the impact of maternity waiting homes on facility-based childbirth and maternity care in Zambia},
  author = {Nancy A Scott and Jeanette L Kaiser and Thandiwe Ngoma and Kathleen L McGlasson and Elizabeth G Henry and Michelle L Munro-Kramer and Godfrey Biemba and Misheck Bwalya and Viviane R Sakanga and Gertrude Musonda and Davidson H Hamer and Carol J Boyd and Rachael Bonawitz and Taryn Vian and Margaret E Kruk and Rachel M Fong and Parker S Chastain and Kaluba Mataka and Eden Ahmed Mdluli and Philip Veliz and Jody R Lori and Peter C Rockers},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {BMJ Global Health},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006385},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006385}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - If we build it, will they come? Results of a quasi-experimental study assessing the impact of maternity waiting homes on facility-based childbirth and maternity care in Zambia
AU  - Nancy A Scott
AU  - Jeanette L Kaiser
AU  - Thandiwe Ngoma
AU  - Kathleen L McGlasson
AU  - Elizabeth G Henry
AU  - Michelle L Munro-Kramer
AU  - Godfrey Biemba
AU  - Misheck Bwalya
AU  - Viviane R Sakanga
AU  - Gertrude Musonda
AU  - Davidson H Hamer
AU  - Carol J Boyd
AU  - Rachael Bonawitz
AU  - Taryn Vian
AU  - Margaret E Kruk
AU  - Rachel M Fong
AU  - Parker S Chastain
AU  - Kaluba Mataka
AU  - Eden Ahmed Mdluli
AU  - Philip Veliz
AU  - Jody R Lori
AU  - Peter C Rockers
PY  - 2021
JO  - BMJ Global Health
DO  - 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006385
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Scott, N. A., Kaiser, J. L., Ngoma, T., McGlasson, K. L., Henry, E. G., Munro-Kramer, M. L., Biemba, G., Bwalya, M., Sakanga, V. R., Musonda, G., Hamer, D. H., Boyd, C. J., Bonawitz, R., Vian, T., Kruk, M. E., Fong, R. M., Chastain, P. S., Mataka, K., Mdluli, E. A., Veliz, P., Lori, J. R., & Rockers, P. C. (2021). If we build it, will they come? Results of a quasi-experimental study assessing the impact of maternity waiting homes on facility-based childbirth and maternity care in Zambia. BMJ Global Health. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006385

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