Perceptions of health professionals regarding minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) to identify the cause of death in stillbirths and neonates: results from a qualitative study.
Anam Shahil FerozAnum Shiraz AliMohsina Noor IbrahimElizabeth M McClureShiyam Sunder TikmaniSayyeda RezaZahid AbbasiJamal RazaHaleema YasminKhadija BanoAfia ZafarSameen SiddiqiRobert L GoldenbergSarah SaleemPublished in: Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology (2019)
This formative research provided a unique opportunity to explore health professionals' views and attitudes towards the MITS procedure. Such insights are crucial to ensure successful implementation and integration of a new technique into the existing health system. The research identified the factors influencing the acceptability of MITS among health professionals in Pakistan. The study also informed factors that could help facilitate the implementation of the MITS procedures in the context of Pakistan and similar settings.