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August 13, 2026Open Access

Influence of Inter-Professional Collaboration on the Provision of Quality Perinatal Care in Public Hospitals of Kwale County

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GGGolicha Gregory GalgalloEMEunice Muthoni MwangiCKCaroline Kawila

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Analytical cross-sectional study examines inter-professional collaboration's positive impact on perinatal care quality in healthcare workers.

Key Points

  • This study aims to assess how inter-professional collaboration influences the quality of perinatal care in public hospitals of Kwale County.
  • Adopted an analytical cross-sectional design with a mixed-methods approach.
  • Targeted 171 healthcare workers across 20 public health facilities and conducted interviews with eight key informants.
  • Data were collected through structured questionnaires and analyzed using SPSS and MAXQDA.
  • Inter-professional collaboration showed a positive relationship with quality perinatal care (r = .658, p < .001).
  • Collaboration explained 43.3% of the variation in quality perinatal care (R² = .433, F = 113.798, p < .001).
  • Although some practices were well established, areas like multidisciplinary near-miss reviews and follow-up of audit recommendations remained weak.

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Galgallo et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d76e62b0e0cff3f640bcahttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21892960
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