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After reading this chapter and answering the discussion questions that follow, you should be able to

  • Present a synopsis of the status of evidence-based global maternal and child health practice and policy, with particular emphasis on developing countries.

  • Discuss the methods, advantages and criticisms of evidence-based practice.

  • Discuss relevant historical milestones in the emergence of the evidence-based maternal and child health movement.

  • Identify and describe specific examples of maternal and child health interventions that are currently considered evidence based and evaluate research priorities relevant to achievement of maternal and child health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

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  1. Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA

    Alan Tita

  2. Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    John E. Ehiri

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    John Ehiri

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Tita, A., Ehiri, J.E. (2009). Evidence-Based Maternal and Child Health. In: Ehiri, J. (eds) Maternal and Child Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/b106524_20

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