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

2017279 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Katherine Semrau · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Lisa R. Hirschhorn · Northwestern University

Megan Marx Delaney · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Shambhavi Singh

Rajiv Saurastri

Narender Sharma

Danielle E Tuller · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Rebecca Firestone · Population Services International

Abstract

Birth attendants' adherence to essential birth practices was higher in facilities that used the coaching-based WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist program than in those that did not, but maternal and perinatal mortality and maternal morbidity did not differ significantly between the two groups. (Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Clinical Trials number, NCT02148952 .).

Topics & Keywords

Global Maternal and Child Health Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Global Health Workforce Issues

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 377, Issue 24, pp. 2313-2324

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1701075

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