Global Network Implementation of Helping Babies Breathe (HBB)

Summary

The primary purpose of this pre-post evaluation is to test the impact on perinatal mortality (fresh stillbirths or early neonatal deaths) among births \> 1500g of training birth attendants at health facilities in the Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) and Essential Newborn Care (ENC) curricula. These facilities are located within clusters in the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research sites in Belgaum and Nagpur, India, and Eldoret, Kenya.

Conditions

• Perinatal Mortality

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

HBB/ENC Training and Equipment

See the detailed description section

OTHER

HBB/ENC supplies

Staffs associated with participating facilities receive HBB/ENC training and use related equipment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Laerdal Medical

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• Indiana University School of Medicine

  collaborator OTHER

• Christiana Care Health Services

  collaborator OTHER

• Massachusetts General Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Moi Univeristy

  collaborator OTHER

• Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College

  collaborator OTHER

• Lata Medical Research Foundation, Nagpur

  collaborator OTHER

• RTI International

  collaborator OTHER

• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

  collaborator NIH

• NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health

  lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

• Linda L. Wright, MD · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

16 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2012-09-30

Primary Completion

2014-03-31

Completion

2014-12-31

Countries

• India
• Kenya

Study Locations