Outcomes of a Coaching-Based WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of facility-based childbirth in low-resource settings has increased dramatically during the past two decades, yet gaps in the quality of care persist and mortality remains high. The World Health Organization (WHO) Safe Childbirth Checklist, a quality-improvement tool, promotes systematic adherence to practices that have been associated with improved childbirth outcomes.

Methods

We conducted a matched-pair, cluster-randomized, controlled trial in 60 pairs of facilities across 24 districts of Uttar Pradesh, India, testing the effect of the BetterBirth program, an 8-month coaching-based implementation of the Safe Childbirth Checklist, on a composite outcome of perinatal death, maternal death, or maternal severe complications within 7 days after deliver

SUBMITTER: Semrau KEA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5672590 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature