Beyond coverage: improving the quality of antenatal care delivery through integrated mentorship and quality improvement at health centers in rural Rwanda

Table 1 Demographics, study population, and case-observation characteristics

	Baseline		Follow-up
	#	%	#	%
Demographics
Number of health facilities	21		21
Number of nurses observed	45		35
Number of observations	330		292
Nurse characteristics
District
Southern Kayonza	18	40	8	23
Kirehe	27	60	27	77
FANC trained	20	44	21	60
A2 level of education^a	43	96	32	91
Case-observation characteristics
Average number of observed cases per health center	16		14
Antenatal care visit
First	159	48	93	32
Others	171	52	199	68
Nurse providers trained in FANC^c	164	50	166	57
Nurse’s education level
A2^a	317	96	266	91
A1^b	13	4	26	9

^aA2 level is a high school (secondary) level as defined by Rwanda education council
^bA1 is two to three years of post-secondary education as defined by Rwanda education council
^cFANC: Focused antenatal care including a thorough individualized surveillance of the pregnant woman, systematic screening of conditions and diseases, detection and management of pregnancy-related complications, and provision of counseling, preventive measures and support plan essential for safe pregnancy and delivery

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