Medge D Owen
Overview
Explore the profile of Medge D Owen including associated specialties, affiliations and a list of published articles.
Author names and details appear as published. Due to indexing inconsistencies, multiple individuals may share a name, and a single author may have variations. MedLuna displays this data as publicly available, without modification or verification
Snapshot
Snapshot
Articles
22
Citations
165
Followers
0
Related Specialties
Related Specialties
Top 10 Co-Authors
Top 10 Co-Authors
Published In
Affiliations
Affiliations
Soon will be listed here.
Recent Articles
1.
Ramaswamy R, Bogdewic S, Williams C, Deganus S, Bonzi G, Boakye J, et al.
Implement Sci Commun
. 2023 Nov;
4(1):138.
PMID: 37968768
Background: Maternal mortality remains stubbornly high in Ghana. Current national efforts are focused on improving the quality of care offered in health facilities. Obstetric triage is one intervention that has...
2.
Owen M, Ismail H, Goodman D, Batakji M, Kim S, Olufolabi A, et al.
PLoS One
. 2022 Apr;
17(4):e0266932.
PMID: 35482758
In Ghana, the high-risk obstetric referral system is inadequate. Delay is common and patients often arrive to receiving hospitals in compromised states. An effective referral system should include an adequately...
3.
Brathwaite K, Bryce F, Moyer L, Engmann C, Twum-Danso N, Kamath-Rayne B, et al.
Resusc Plus
. 2021 Jul;
1-2:100001.
PMID: 34223288
Aim: In Ghana, institutional delivery has been emphasized to improve maternal and newborn outcomes. The Making Every Baby Count Initiative, a large coordinated training effort, aimed to improve newborn outcomes...
4.
Bogdewic S, Ramaswamy R, Goodman D, Srofenyoh E, Ucer S, Owen M
PLoS One
. 2020 Nov;
15(11):e0242170.
PMID: 33186395
Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a program intended to reduce intrapartum and neonatal mortality in Accra, Ghana. Design: Quasi-experimental, time-sequence intervention, retrospective cost-effectiveness analysis. Methods: A program integrating leadership...
5.
Postnatal care education in health facilities in Accra, Ghana: perspectives of mothers and providers
Owen M, Colburn E, Tetteh C, Srofenyoh E
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
. 2020 Nov;
20(1):664.
PMID: 33148197
Background: The recent use of antenatal care (ANC) has steadily improved in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), but postnatal care (PNC) has been widely underutilized. Most maternal and newborn deaths...
6.
Williams C, Bogdewic S, Owen M, Srofenyoh E, Ramaswamy R
Implement Sci
. 2020 May;
15(1):31.
PMID: 32398109
Background: Ghana significantly reduced maternal and newborn mortality between 1990 and 2015, largely through efforts focused on improving access to care. Yet achieving further progress requires improving the quality and...
7.
Goodman D, Srofenyoh E, Ramaswamy R, Bryce F, Floyd L, Olufolabi A, et al.
BMJ Glob Health
. 2018 May;
3(2):e000623.
PMID: 29707245
Institutional delivery has been proposed as a method for reducing maternal morbidity and mortality, but little is known about how referral hospitals in low-resource settings can best manage the expected...
8.
Yuill G, Amroyan A, Millar S, Vardapetyan E, Habib A, Owen M
Anesthesiology
. 2017 Jul;
127(2):220-226.
PMID: 28719524
Background: Disparity exists in anesthesia practices between high- and low-to-middle income countries, and awareness has been raised within the global health community to improve the standards of anesthesia care and...
9.
Goodman D, Ramaswamy R, Jeuland M, Srofenyoh E, Engmann C, Olufolabi A, et al.
PLoS One
. 2017 Jul;
12(7):e0180929.
PMID: 28708899
Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a quality improvement intervention aimed at reducing maternal and fetal mortality in Accra, Ghana. Design: Quasi-experimental, time-sequence intervention, retrospective cost-effectiveness analysis. Methods: Data were...
10.
Goodman D, Srofenyoh E, Olufolabi A, Kim S, Owen M
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
. 2017 Jul;
17(1):216.
PMID: 28693518
Background: Delay in receiving care significantly contributes to maternal morbidity and mortality. Much has been studied about reducing delays prior to arrival to referral facilities, but the delays incurred upon...