NCT03290924

Accelerating Newborn Survival in Ghana Through a Low-dose, High-frequency Health Worker Training Approach

Completed NA Last updated 25 September 2017

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Low dose high frequency health worker training approach in Stillbirth in 40 participants. Completed in 28 February 2017.

Timeline

1 September 2014

Primary endpoint
28 February 2017

28 February 2017

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Jhpiego
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	health services research
Enrollment	40
Start date	1 September 2014
Primary completion	28 February 2017
Estimated completion	28 February 2017

Drugs / interventions tested

• Low dose high frequency health worker training approach
• Active Comparison

Conditions studied

• Stillbirth — all drugs for Stillbirth →
• Neonatal Death — all drugs for Neonatal Death →

Sponsor

Jhpiego — full company profile →

Who can join

Eligibility, any sex, with Stillbirth or Neonatal Death. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study assesses the effect of a low-dose, high-frequency training approach on long-term evidence-based skill retention among skilled birth attendants and impact on adverse birth outcomes at hospitals in Ghana.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Accelerating newborn survival in Ghana through a low-dose, high-frequency health worker training approach: a cluster randomized trial.
   Gomez PP, Nelson AR, Asiedu A, Addo E, et al · · 2018 · cited 53× · PMID 29566659 · DOI 10.1186/s12884-018-1705-5
2. <i>"It builds your confidence… you've done well"</i>: Healthcare workers' experiences of participating in a low-dose, high-frequency training to improve newborn survival on the day of birth in Ghana.
   Asiedu A, Nelson AR, Gomez PP, Tappis H, et al · · 2019 · cited 10× · PMID 31410394 · DOI 10.12688/gatesopenres.12936.1