FIGO good practice recommendations on the importance of registry data for monitoring rates and health systems performance in prevention and management of preterm birth

J Frederik Frøen; Ana Bianchi; Ann-Beth Moller; Bo Jacobsson; FIGO Working Group for Preterm Birth

doi:10.1002/ijgo.13847

FIGO good practice recommendations on the importance of registry data for monitoring rates and health systems performance in prevention and management of preterm birth

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2021 Oct;155(1):5-7. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13847.

Authors

J Frederik Frøen¹, Ana Bianchi², Ann-Beth Moller³, Bo Jacobsson^{4

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6}; FIGO Working Group for Preterm Birth

Collaborators

FIGO Working Group for Preterm Birth:
Bo Jacobsson, Joe Leigh Simpson, Jane Norman, William Grobman, Ana Bianchi, Stephen Munjanja, Catalina María Valencia González, Ben Mol, Andrew Shennan

Affiliations

¹ Global Health Cluster, Division for Health Serrvices, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
² Perinatal Department, Pereira Rossell Hospital, and University Hospital, Montevideo, Uruguay.
³ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Science, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Region Västra Götaland, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Genetics and Bioinformatics, Domain of Health Data and Digitalization, Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.

Abstract

FIGO calls for strengthening of health information systems for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health services, co-designed with users, to ensure the timely accessibility of actionable high-quality data for all stakeholders engaged in preventing and managing preterm birth consequences. FIGO calls for strengthening of investments and capacity for implementing digital registries and the continuity of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health services in line with WHO recommendations, and strengthening of the science of implementation and use of registries-from local quality improvement to big data exploration.

Keywords: health systems strengthening; high-quality data; preterm birth; prevention; registry.

MeSH terms

Child
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Pregnancy
Premature Birth* / epidemiology
Premature Birth* / prevention & control
Registries