Lintag, J. D. L. (2015). Reducing maternal mortality rate at the barangay level through the creation of a health oriented peoples organization in Kitaotao, Bukidnon (Unpublished master's thesis). Graduate School of Public and Development Management, Development Academy of the Philippines.

Graduate School of Public and Development Management Health Systems and Development Batch 5 Thesis (MPM-HSD)--Development Academy of the Philippines.

The Municipality of Kitaotao has reported 4 maternal deaths 2014. Maternal Mortality Rate id an indicator of how well a health system of a certain locality is being managed. If a woman dies during childbirth, then delivery of the rest of other healthcare services are also poor. Maternal mortality data is said to be an important indicator of overall health system quality because pregnant women survive in sanitary, safe, well staffed and stocked facilities. The Maternal Health Status of the municipality as seen through the Maternal Mortality Rate, Contraceptive Prevalence Rate, Facility Based Deliveries, Deliveries attended by skilled Birth Attendant and Prenatal Visit shows that it is very poor. The Focus Group Discussion during the Maternal Death Review presented several factors that have caused the high Maternal Mortality Rate in the municipality. Using the Health Sector Reform Knobs, most of these cause can be influenced by tweaking the financing and persuasion knobs. The Bridging Leadership Model and the Community Based Health Financing Scheme were mainly used to conceptualize the intervention which is the creation of health oriented peoples organization. The results have showed an improvement in some indicators of the status of maternal health. Other results hold so much promise that if the intervention is allowed ample time to continue with its works, to postulate that it can reduce Maternal Mortality Rate and improve the Maternal Health Status of the Municipality of Kitaotao, will become clear and conclusive.