ArticleMaternal health, neonatology and perinatology2020
Helping Babies Breathe (2nd edition) implementation on a shoestring budget in Zanzibar, Tanzania.
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- Effectiveness of Neonatal Resuscitation Training Programs, Implementation, and Scale-Up in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Neonatology · 2025Pooled it
- A critical appraisal of tools for delivery room assessment of the newborn infant.Pediatric research · 2024Review
- Improving Newborn Resuscitation by Making Every Birth a Learning Event.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Evaluation of a Neonatal Resuscitation Training Programme for Healthcare Professionals in Zanzibar, Tanzania: A Pre-post Intervention Study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Peer-Led Neonatal Resuscitation Training: Experience of Kairuki University.Journal of medical education and curricular developmentArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTo assess the efficacy and viability of implementing Helping Babies Breathe, a neonatal resuscitation program for resource-limited environments on a small budget in two of the largest delivery centers in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The quality improvement initiative concentrated on training midwives, who directly care for neonates at birth on Helping Babies Breathe to address high rates of neonatal mortality secondary to birth asphyxia.
methodsThe convenience sample was 59 midwives working in the two delivery centers of interest in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The train-the-trainer implementation strategy with repeated measures design was used to assess knowledge and skills at three time points. Observations were completed through supportive supervision of deliveries in both facilities. A budget was kept throughout the implementation.
resultsKnowledge scores and resuscitation skills significantly improved and were sustained over a 6-month period of time,
conclusionResults indicate that participants retained knowledge and skills over time and were able to translate these skills into clinical practice. This initiative provides an alternative approach to implementing Helping Babies Breathe, relying on a small budget, local leadership and government support.
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