Impact of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist on safety culture among health workers: A randomized controlled trial in Aceh, Indonesia.

ABSTRACT: The World Health Organization (WHO) developed the Safe Childbirth Checklist (SCC) to increase the application of essential birth practices to ultimately reduce perinatal and maternal deaths. We study the effects of the SCC on health workers safety culture, in the framework of a cluster-randomized controlled trial (16 treatment facilities/16 control facilities). We introduced the SCC in combination with a medium intensity coaching in health facilities which already offered at minimum basic emergency obstetric and newborn care (BEMonC). We assess the effects of using the SCC on 14 outcome variables measuring self-perceived information access, information transmission, frequency of errors, workload and access to resources at the facility level. We apply Ordinary Least Square regressions to id

SUBMITTER: Kaplan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10275423 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature