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June 2007, Vol 97, No. 6 | American Journal of Public Health 978-983
© 2007 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.073692

HEALTH POLICY AND ETHICS

Ethics in Public Health Research: Minding the Gaps: A Reassessment of the Challenges to Safe Motherhood

Wendy J. Graham, DPhil (Oxon) and Julia Hussein, MBBCh, MRCOG, MSc PHDC

The authors are with the Initiative for Maternal Mortality Programme Assessment (IMMPACT), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Julia Hussein, University of Aberdeen, Health Sciences Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, Scotland, UK (e-mail: j.hussein{at}abdn.ac.uk).

Maternal and perinatal mortality reduction has remained a priority on the international health agenda for nearly 2 decades. During this time, strategies for achieving these goals have shifted in emphasis from prevention of pregnancies to provision of care. Robust evidence is limited, particularly regarding what works best in delivering care in specific health system settings and at the population level.

We describe the limited evidence base using a framework that highlights the consequences of the major gaps in measurement, evidence, and action, and we discuss existing opportunities for bridging these gaps at the policy level. Capitalizing on current global policy interests and generating demand-driven evidence is a priority for enabling documentation of progress toward reaching the United Nations Millennium Development Goals for 2015.




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