Looking beyond the numbers: quality assurance procedures in the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research Maternal Newborn Health Registry

• Main Authors: Ana Garces (Author), Emily MacGuire (Author), Holly L. Franklin (Author), Norma Alfaro (Author), Gustavo Arroyo (Author), Lester Figueroa (Author), Shivaprasad S. Goudar (Author), Sarah Saleem (Author), Fabian Esamai (Author), Archana Patel (Author), Elwyn Chomba (Author), Antoinette Tshefu (Author), Rashidul Haque (Author), Jacquelyn K. Patterson (Author), Edward A. Liechty (Author), Richard J. Derman (Author), Waldemar A. Carlo (Author), William Petri (Author), Marion Elizabeth M. Koso-ThomasMcClure (Author), Robert L. Goldenberg (Author), Patricia Hibberd (Author), Nancy F. Krebs (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Quality assurance (QA) is a process that should be an integral part of research to protect the rights and safety of study participants and to reduce the likelihood that the results are affected by bias in data collection. Most QA plans include processes related to study preparati...