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The term ‘community-based care’ has a wide range of meanings, it ranges from the
provision of skilled therapy services within a client’s own home or community, with
the requirement that the practitioner take into consideration the lifestyle of the
client and the cultural and social characteristics of the client’s community.
There are 3 essentials in the community based care which can attribute to it
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3. Linkages of health services: Women and their newborns must receive lifesaving
care as soon as complications happen, during referral and at appropriately
equipped health facilities. These connections must be established and evaluated
over time as the situation changes. Community-based care allows maternal and
newborn care to connect with skilled birth attendants and other persons in their
community who are responsible for rendering such care. Community-based care
in the context of preventing maternal and newborn mortality is, therefore,
defined as home or community-level skilled care provided by the community, for
the community, with linkages to health facilities to avoid all forms of delay.
Maternal and child health care including family planning and immunization.
The number of deliveries assisted by skilled birth attendants will increase- When
communities are made aware of the knowledge and the skills that have skilled
birth attendant acquired, the number of deliveries they assist with will increase.
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Teamwork will be promoted
NCDs, often referred to as chronic illnesses, are non-transmissible diseases that may
be caused by genetic or behavioral factors, and generally have a slow progression
and long duration. Indirect maternal deaths are a consequence of ‘previous existing
disease or disease that developed during pregnancy and not due to direct obstetric
causes, but aggravated by physiologic effects of pregnancy. They make up almost
one-third of all maternal deaths and can be due to NCDs, or communicable diseases.
Cardiovascular disease
Hypertension
Diabetes
Cancer
Mental health disorders
Thyroid disease
HIV among pregnant women
Malaria
Malnutrition
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Reference
1, Ministry of Health (MoH) [Ethiopia] , 2010, Health Sector Development Program (HSDP)
synthesis report of 2005/2006–2008/2009, MoH, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia