Training traditional birth attendants on the WHO Essential Newborn Care reduces perinatal mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the impact of birth attendant training using the World Health Organization Essential Newborn Care (ENC) course among traditional birth attendants, with a particular emphasis on the effect of acquisition of skills on perinatal outcomes.

Design

Population-based, prospective, interventional pre-post design study.

Setting

11 rural clusters in Chimaltenango, Guatemala.

Population

Health care providers.

Methods

This study analyzed the effect of training and implementation of the ENC health care provider training course between September 2005 and December 2006.

Outcome measures

The primary outcome measure was the rate of death from all causes in the first seven days after birth in fetuses/infants ≥1500g. Secondary outcome measures

SUBMITTER: Garces A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4362515 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature