The World Health Organization Safe Childbirth Checklist on Essential Birth Practices and Perinatal Mortality: A Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The World Health Organization (WHO) Safe Childbirth Checklist (SCC) has been adapted and implemented in at least 35 countries. Consistently, the SCC has shown increased adherence to practices, but there are mixed results regarding its association with health outcomes in different settings.

Objective

To examine the association of SCC implementation with mortality, accounting for variations in evidence-based practices (EBP) adherence.

Design, setting, and participants

In this meta-analysis, data were pooled from 3 cluster randomized trials of the SCC (January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2017). Intention to treat (ITT) and a complier average causal effect analysis (CACE) on EBPs and perinatal mortality were estimated via a generalized linear model. The primary fa

SUBMITTER: Kaplan LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12947022 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature