Does the Helping Babies Breathe Programme impact on neonatal resuscitation care practices? Results from systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This paper examines the change in neonatal resuscitation practices after the implementation of the Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) programme.

Methods

A systematic review was carried out on studies reporting the impact of HBB programmes among the literature found in Medline, POPLINE, LILACS, African Index Medicus, Cochrane, Web of Science and Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region database. We selected clinical trials with randomised control, quasi-experimental and cross-sectional designs. We used a data extraction tool to extract information on intervention and outcome reporting. We carried out a meta-analysis of the extracted data on the neonatal resuscitation practices following HBB programme using Review Manager.

Results

Four studies that reported on n

SUBMITTER: Budhathoki SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6590361 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature