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Public and private prenatal care providers in urban Mexico: how does their quality compare?Sarah L Barber
Institute of Business and Economic Research, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 1922, USA
Int J Qual Health Care 18:306-13. 2006..To evaluate variations in prenatal care quality by public and private clinical settings and by household wealth...
Health workers, quality of care, and child health: simulating the relationships between increases in health staffing and child lengthSarah L Barber
Institute of Business and Economic Research, F502 Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley 94720 1922, USA
Health Policy 91:148-55. 2009..One in three children globally is stunted in growth. Many of the conditions that promote child stunting are amenable to quality care provided by skilled health workers...- Empowering women to obtain high quality care: evidence from an evaluation of Mexico's conditional cash transfer programmeSarah L Barber
Institute of Business and Economic Research, F502 Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 1922, USA
Health Policy Plan 24:18-25. 2009..Quality is measured by maternal reports of prenatal care procedures received that correspond with clinical guidelines... - Strategies that promote high quality care in IndonesiaSarah L Barber
Institute of Business and Economic Research, F502 Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley 94720 1922, United States
Health Policy 88:339-47. 2008..To investigate factors predicting the quality of care received using a nationally representative dataset from Indonesia... - Family planning advice and postpartum contraceptive use among low-income women in MexicoSarah L Barber
Institute of Business and Economic Research, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Int Fam Plan Perspect 33:6-12. 2007..However, the relationship between women's receipt of family planning advice during prenatal care and subsequent contraceptive use has not been evaluated... - Variations in prenatal care quality for the rural poor in MexicoSarah L Barber
Institute of Business and Economic Research, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:w310-23. 2007..The national health reforms should be monitored to determine their success in not only increasing access among the poor and indigenous but also ensuring that such care meets quality norms... - The contribution of human resources for health to the quality of care in IndonesiaSarah L Barber
Institute of Business and Economic Research, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:w367-79. 2007..We conclude that staff deployment could be refined by analyses of the skill-mix needed to provide quality care. Professional nurses in particular could play an important role in promoting quality... - Differences in access to high-quality outpatient care in IndonesiaSarah L Barber
Institute of Business and Economic Research, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:w352-66. 2007..Recommendations include improving the professional development of nurses in private settings, testing quality improvements in Outer Java-Bali, and investigating wealth disparities in quality received... - Does the quality of prenatal care matter in promoting skilled institutional delivery? A study in rural MexicoSarah Barber
Institute of Business and Economic Research, F502 Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley 94720 1922, USA
Matern Child Health J 10:419-25. 2006..To determine if the quality of prenatal care predicts skilled institutional delivery, a primary means of reducing maternal mortality... - The impact of Mexico's conditional cash transfer programme, Oportunidades, on birthweightSarah L Barber
University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 1922, USA
Trop Med Int Health 13:1405-14. 2008..The programme provides cash transfers to low-income, rural households in Mexico, conditional on accepting nutritional supplements health education, and health care... - Mexico's conditional cash transfer programme increases cesarean section rates among the rural poorSarah L Barber
Institute of Business and Economic Research, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Eur J Public Health 20:383-8. 2010..The programme provides cash transfers to participating low income, rural households in Mexico conditional on accepting health care and nutrition supplements...