Utilizing Integrated Community Quality Improvement Approaches to Cultivate Innovative Ideas that Improve Uptake of Antenatal Care Services

Quality Improvement (QI) is a systematic approach aimed at measuring performance, identifying gaps, and implementing strategies to improve the quality of health services. It ensures consistent delivery of appropriate services to achieve desired health outcomes. A key component of this process is the establishment of Work Improvement Teams (WITs). Despite facility-based QI interventions being used over time, integrated community and facility QI approaches haven’t been used in Kenya. This gap has highlighted the need for practical, sustainable models to support QI efforts. The C-it-DU-it study addressed this gap by using the Kenya Quality Model for Community Health to implement QI processes, the model used integrated QI approach involving both the community and facility stakeholders. It is a model that inspires community led QI approach towards sustainable interventions that increases the quality of uptake of ANC service delivery to ensure all pregnant women are identifi ed early, referred and meet new required 8 ANC contacts.