Retention and use of newborn resuscitation skills following a series of helping babies breathe trainings for midwives in rural Ghana

Retention and use of newborn resuscitation skills following a series of helping babies breathe trainings for midwives in rural Ghana

Background: The Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) program teaches basic newborn resuscitation techniques to birth attendants in low-resource settings. Previous studies have demonstrated a decrease in mortality following training, mostly in large hospitals. However, low-volume clinics in rural regions wit...

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Main Authors: Darren Eblovi, Patricia Kelly, Georgina Afua, Sarah Agyapong, Siddhartha Dante, Matthew Pellerite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Global Health Action
Subjects:
Helping babies breathe
neonatal resuscitation
maternal child health
intrapartum-related neonatal death
health education
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2017.1387985

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2017.1387985

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