SynthesisActa paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)2019
Does the Helping Babies Breathe Programme impact on neonatal resuscitation care practices? Results from systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Effect of the Helping Babies Breathe Program on Newborn Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Pooled it
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- Effect of a scaled-up neonatal resuscitation quality improvement package on intrapartum-related mortality in Nepal: A stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2019Trial
- Benefits of neonatal resuscitation training in high- and low-resource settings.Seminars in fetal & neonatal medicine · 2026Review
- Evaluation of the Helping Babies Breathe programme in Migori County, Kenya.BMJ paediatrics open · 2025Article
- Retention of knowledge and skills among midwives one year after completing helping babies breathe pre-service training in Ethiopia: a non-randomized quasi-experimental study.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2025Review
- Neonatal outcomes and resuscitation practices following the addition of heart rate-guidance to basic resuscitation.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Delayed and Interrupted Ventilation with Excess Suctioning after Helping Babies Breathe with Congolese Birth Attendants.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Newborn resuscitation simulation training and changes in clinical performance and perinatal outcomes: a clinical observational study of 10,481 births.Advances in simulation (London, England) · 2022Article
- Simulation in neonatal care: towards a change in traditional training?European journal of pediatrics · 2022Review
- Silent voices of the midwives: factors that influence midwives' achievement of successful neonatal resuscitation in sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative inquiry.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- What Helping Babies Breathe knowledge and skills are formidable for healthcare workers?Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- A Randomised Controlled Study of Low-Dose High-Frequency In-Situ Simulation Training to Improve Newborn Resuscitation.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Performance of health workers on neonatal resuscitation care following scaled-up quality improvement interventions in public hospitals of Nepal - a prospective observational study.BMC health services research · 2021Observational
- Neonatal resuscitation: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Observational
- Evaluating the implementation of helping babies survive program to improve newborn care conditiona.Journal of education and health promotion · 2021Article
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- Identifying the know-do gap in evidence-based neonatal care practices among informal health care providers-a cross-sectional study from Ujjain, India.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- Increased perinatal survival and improved ventilation skills over a five-year period: An observational study.PloS one · 2020Observational
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Abstract
aimThis paper examines the change in neonatal resuscitation practices after the implementation of the Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) programme.
methodsA systematic review was carried out on studies reporting the impact of HBB programmes among the literature found in Medline, POPLINE, LILACS, African Index Medicus, Cochrane, Web of Science and Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region database. We selected clinical trials with randomised control, quasi-experimental and cross-sectional designs. We used a data extraction tool to extract information on intervention and outcome reporting. We carried out a meta-analysis of the extracted data on the neonatal resuscitation practices following HBB programme using Review Manager.
resultsFour studies that reported on neonatal resuscitation practices before and after the implementation of the HBB programme were identified. The pooled results showed no changes in the use of stimulation (RR-0.54; 95% CI, 0.21-1.42), suctioning (RR-0.48; 95% CI, 0.18-1.27) and bag-and-mask ventilation (RR-0.93; 95% CI, 0.47-1.83) after HBB training. The proportion of babies receiving bag-and-mask ventilation within the Golden Minute of birth increased by more than 2.5 times (RR-2.67; 95% CI, 2.17-3.28).
conclusionThe bag-and-mask ventilation within Golden minute has improved following the HBB programme. Implementation of HBB training improves timely initiation of bag-and-mask ventilation within one minute of birth.
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