Detection and risk stratification of women at high risk of preterm birth in rural communities near Nagpur, India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Presently, preterm birth is globally the leading cause of neonatal mortality. Prompt community based identification of women at high risk for preterm births (HRPB) can either help to avert preterm births or avail effective interventions to reduce neonatal mortality due to preterm births. We evaluated the performance of a package to train community workers to detect the presence of signs or symptoms of HRPB.

Methods

Pregnant women enrolled in the intervention arm of a cluster randomized trial of Antenatal Corticosteroids (ACT Trial) conducted at Nagpur, India were informed about 4 directly observable signs and symptoms of preterm labor. Community health workers actively monitored these women from 24 to 36 weeks of gestation for these signs or symptoms. If they were

SUBMITTER: Patel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5606131 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature