title: The role of home-based records in the establishment of a continuum of care for mothers, newborns, and children in Indonesia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The provision of appropriate care along the continuum of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) service delivery is a challenge in developing countries. To improve this, in the 1990s, Indonesia introduced the maternal and child health (MCH) handbook, as an integrated form of parallel home-based records.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to identify the roles of home-based records both before and after childbirth, especially in provinces where the MCH handbook (MCHHB) was extensively promoted, by examining their association with MNCH service uptake.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross-sectional study using nationally representative data sets, the Indonesia Demographic and Health Surveys (IDHSs) from 1997, 2002-2003, and 2007. The IDHS identifies respondents' ownership of home-based records before and after childbirth. Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine associations between record ownership and service utilisation in national data and data from two provinces, West Sumatra and North Sulawesi, where ownership of pre- and post-natal records served as a proxy for MCHHB ownership.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pre- and post-natal record ownership increased from 1997 to 2007. Provincial data from 2007 showed that handbook ownership was associated with having delivery assisted by trained personnel [adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 2.12, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.05-4.25], receiving maternal care (aOR: 3.92, 95% CI: 2.35-6.52), completing 12 doses of child immunisation for seven diseases (aOR: 4.86, 95% CI: 2.37-9.95), and having immunisation before and after childbirth (aOR: 5.40, 95% CI: 2.28-12.76), whereas national data showed that service utilisation was associated with ownership of both records compared with owning a single record or none.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that pre- and post-natal home-based record use may be effective for ensuring service utilisation. In addition, since the handbook is an efficient home-based record for use throughout children's life courses, it could be an effective tool for promoting the continuum of MNCH care in Indonesia.
authors: Human Development Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Tokyo, Japan. Osaki.Keiko@jica.go.jp
authors: Keiko
authors: K
authors: Osaki
authors: Tomoko
authors: T
authors: Hattori
authors: Soewarta
authors: S
authors: Kosen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007214:Indonesia; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Indonesia; Maternal and Child Health handbook; continuum of care; maternal; newborn and child health; personal health record
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