Impact of integrated community-facility interventions model on neonatal mortality in rural Bangladesh- a quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neonatal mortality remains unacceptably high in many countries. WHO recommends that all newborns be assessed during the postnatal period and should seek prompt medical care if there is any danger sign. However, in many developing countries, only a small proportion of women receive postnatal care. Also, the quality of care in public health facilities is sub-optimal.

Methods

We designed an intervention package that included community health worker-assisted pregnancy and birth surveillance, post-natal visits to assess newborns on the first, third, seventh and twenty-eighth days of birth, referral for facility-based care, and establishing a newborn stabilization unit at the first level referral health facility. We did a quasi-experimental, propensity-score matched, co

SUBMITTER: Huda TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10096467 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature