Table 3 De-identified change in performance indicators in all functional hospitals of Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and Grenadines and Dominica, before and after United States Agency for International Development Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (USAID ASSIST) Project Zika response with partnership by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Performance data were collected and entered into a web-based improvement indicator database, allowing performance tracking over time at the facility, district, and national levels in run charts that were evaluated by statistical process control for significant improvement
Performance Indicators | Country | Baseline (2018) | End line (Nov. 2019)a |
|---|---|---|---|
Percent of newborns receiving all essential newborn care interventions before discharge | A | 12% | 100% |
B | 90% | 79% | |
C | 25% | 93% | |
D | 21% | 64% | |
Percent of newborns who were appropriately screened for microcephaly | A | 100% | 98% |
B | 33% | 48% | |
C | 0% | 100% | |
D | 1% | 63% | |
Percent of newborns in postnatal care wards or areas in the health facility with all essential assessment practices | A | 33% | 100% |
B | 80% | 37% | |
C | 84% | 100% | |
D | 73% | 100% | |
Percent of children with exclusive breastfeeding at discharge | A | 65% | 88% |
B | 100% | 45% | |
C | 54% | 86% | |
D | 82% | 100% |