ArticleInternational journal of pediatrics2012
A neonatal resuscitation curriculum in Malawi, Africa: did it change in-hospital mortality?
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- Knowledge and skills of newborn resuscitation among health care professionals in East Africa. A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
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- Impact of accredited advanced life support course participation on in-hospital cardiac arrest patient outcomes: A systematic review.Resuscitation plus · 2023Review
- Simulation-Based Neonatal Resuscitation Education for Undergraduate Anesthesia Students: A Pre- and Post-Evaluation of Knowledge and Clinical Skills.Anesthesiology research and practice · 2022Article
- Prospective study to explore changes in quality of care and perinatal outcomes after implementation of perinatal death audit in Uganda.BMJ open · 2020Article
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- Influence of Neonatal Resuscitation Training on Practice of Community Health Extension Workers in Managing Asphyxiated Newborns in Rural Nigeria: A Qualitative Study.Global pediatric health · 2020Article
- Evaluation of a Neonatal Resuscitation Curriculum in Liberia.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Healthcare Professionals' Knowledge of Neonatal Resuscitation in Ethiopia: Analysis from 2016 National Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care Survey.International journal of pediatrics · 2019Article
- Impact of neonatal resuscitation trainings on neonatal and perinatal mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ paediatrics open · 2017Article
- Risk factors for mortality among human immunodeficiency virus-exposed and unexposed infants admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit in Botswana.Journal of paediatrics and child health · 2014Article
- Neonatal resuscitation in the delivery room from a tertiary level hospital: risk factors and outcome.Iranian journal of pediatrics · 2013Article
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Abstract
Objective. The WHO estimates that 99% of the 3.8 million neonatal deaths occur in developing countries. Neonatal resuscitation training was implemented in Namitete, Malawi. The study's objective was to evaluate the training's impact on hospital staff and neonatal mortality rates. Study Design. Pre-/postcurricular surveys of trainee attitude, knowledge, and skills were analyzed. An observational, longitudinal study of secondary data assessed neonatal mortality. Result. All trainees' (n = 18) outcomes improved, (P = 0.02). Neonatal mortality did not change. There were 3449 births preintervention, 3515 postintervention. Neonatal mortality was 20.9 deaths per 1000 live births preintervention and 21.9/1000 postintervention, (P = 0.86). Conclusion. Short-term pre-/postintervention evaluations frequently reveal positive results, as ours did. Short-term pre- and postintervention evaluations should be interpreted cautiously. Whenever possible, clinical outcomes such as in-hospital mortality should be additionally assessed. More rigorous evaluation strategies should be applied to training programs requiring longitudinal relationships with international community partners.
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