Adapted Helping Babies Breathe approach to neonatal resuscitation in Haiti: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) is an American Academy of Pediatrics neonatal resuscitation program designed to reduce neonatal mortality in low resource settings. The 2017 neonatal mortality rate in Haiti was 28 per 1000 live births and an estimated 85 % of Haitian women deliver at home. Given this, the Community Health Initiative implemented an adapted HBB (aHBB) in Haiti to evaluate neonatal mortality.

Methods

Community Health Workers taught an aHBB program to laypeople, which didn't include bag-valve-mask ventilation. Follow-up after delivery assessed for maternal and neonatal mortality and health.

Results

Analysis included 536 births of which 84.3 % (n=452) were attended by someone trained in aHBB. The odds of neonatal mortality was not significantly diff

SUBMITTER: Findlay S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8722303 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature