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Table 2 Change categories, an example of an idea tested within one category, and the number of PHCUs testing each change

From: The impacts of quality improvement on maternal and newborn health: preliminary findings from a health system integrated intervention in four Ethiopian regions

Change Category

Examples of change ideas

Expected outcomes impacted

QITs implementing change (n = 30)

Mean changes tested (range)a

ANC

Host a community pregnant women’s forum for experience sharing, help with health care navigation, and education

Syphilis testing; ANC coverage; skilled delivery; PNC; care of low birth weight newborns

29

2.7 (1–5)

Syphilis

Task shifting of syphilis testing from lab technicians to midwives, nurses and health officers, when technicians not available

Syphilis testing

16

2.4 (1–4)

Skilled delivery

Offer visits and tours of delivery rooms to pregnant mothers to develop relationships and engage them in care early

Skilled delivery; PNC; low birth weight

23

2.3 (1–4)

PNC

Text/call community health workers to remind them to visit mother at her home within 48 h of birth

PNC

28

3.0 (1–6)

Total Changes

  

30

13.8 (6–21)

  1. aDoes not include facilities that did not test a change within the respective category