{"id":442,"date":"2015-11-30T13:27:30","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T18:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ght-zanzibar\/?p=442"},"modified":"2015-12-21T15:26:28","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T20:26:28","slug":"the-three-delays-model-maternal-mortality-in-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ght-zanzibar\/2015\/11\/30\/the-three-delays-model-maternal-mortality-in-context\/","title":{"rendered":"The Three Delays Model: Maternal Mortality in Context"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past week was very exciting as the public health sub-group had its first meeting. In our reading of, \u201c Too far to walk: maternal mortality in context, \u201d we learned about the \u201cThree Delays of Maternal Mortality<span>:<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The delay to seek care<\/li>\n<li>The delay to reach proper medical services<\/li>\n<li>The delay in accessing quality care at a health care facility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more-->As we progress in developing a tool for screening or monitoring pre-eclampsia in Zanibari women, it is imperative that we consider the local public health system. The three delays model allows us to<span> both<\/span> understand <span>barriers <\/span>at the interval between onset of obstetric complications and its outcome<span>, and <\/span> <span>identify at <\/span>which point in this interval we can optimize <span> healthcare delivery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/ght-zanzibar\/files\/2015\/11\/Delays.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/ght-zanzibar\/files\/2015\/11\/Delays-636x318.jpg\" alt=\"Delays\" width=\"636\" height=\"318\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ght-zanzibar\/files\/2015\/11\/Delays-636x318.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ght-zanzibar\/files\/2015\/11\/Delays.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a>Our defined area of focus will be Phase III delay: the delay in receiving adequate and appropriate treatment. Focusing on this phase improves factors in the other two phases of delay. We believe that improving treatment and overall quality of care for complications <span>of <\/span>pre-eclampsia will serve as a motivator and incentive for Zanzibari women in their <span>decision <\/span>to seek care (phase I) and<span> with the improvements in the two phases <\/span><span>will <\/span><span>serve as push factors to<\/span> improve accessibility to care (phase II). <span>We envision a <\/span><span>quick bedside <\/span><span>monitoring or screening device <\/span><span>that would<\/span> <span>decrease waiting time, <\/span><span>mitigate interactions<\/span><span> with overworked staff and <\/span><span>therefore <\/span><span>improve the woman<\/span><span>\u2019s overall experience<\/span><span>,<\/span> <span>motivating <\/span><span>her to <\/span><span>return <\/span><span>in<\/span><span> future and <\/span><span>recommend<\/span> <span>the procedure to other women. <\/span><span>W<\/span>e will continue to engage public health frameworks such as the Three Delays model of <span>m<\/span>aternal care to guide our innovations and designs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past week was very exciting as the public health sub-group had its first meeting. In our reading of, \u201c Too far to walk: maternal mortality in context, \u201d we learned about the \u201cThree Delays of Maternal Mortality:\u201d The delay to seek care The delay to reach proper medical services The delay in accessing quality [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11218,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ght-zanzibar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ght-zanzibar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ght-zanzibar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ght-zanzibar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ght-zanzibar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ght-zanzibar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ght-zanzibar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ght-zanzibar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ght-zanzibar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ght-zanzibar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}