Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) training: What happens to knowledge and skills over time?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The first minutes after birth are critical to reducing neonatal mortality. Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) is a simulation-based neonatal resuscitation program for low resource settings. We studied the impact of initial HBB training followed by refresher training on the knowledge and skills of the birth attendants in facilities.

Methods

We conducted HBB trainings in 71 facilities in the NICHD Global Network research sites (Nagpur and Belgaum, India and Eldoret, Kenya), with a 6:1 ratio of facility trainees to Master Trainers (MT). Because of staff turnover, some birth attendants (BA) were trained as they joined the delivery room staff, after the initial training was completed (catch-up initial training). We compared pass rates for skills and knowledge pre- and post-

SUBMITTER: Bang A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5120476 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature