Measuring progress in maternal and newborn health care in Mexico: validating indicators of health system contact and quality of care

Abstract

Women are able to give valid reports on some aspects of the content of care, although questions regarding the indication for interventions are less likely to be known. Questions that include technical terms or refer to specific time periods tended to have lower response levels. A key aspect of efforts to improve maternal and newborn health requires valid measurement of women's access to maternal and newborn health interventions and the quality of such services. Additional work on improving measurement of population coverage indicators is warranted.