Background Insufficient reductions in maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths in the past decade are a deterrence to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 3. The majority of deaths occur during the intrapartum and immediate postnatal period. Overcoming the knowledge-do-gap to ensure implementation of known evidence-based interventions during this period has the potential to avert at least 2.5 million deaths in mothers and their offspring annually. This paper describes a study protocol for implementing and evaluating a multi-faceted health care system intervention to strengthen the implementation of evidence-based interventions and responsive care during this crucial period. Methods This is a cluster randomised stepped-wedge trial with a nested realist process evaluation across 16 hospitals in Benin, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda. The ALERT intervention will include four main components: i) end-user participation through narratives of women, families and midwifery providers to ensure co-design of the intervention; ii) competency-based training; iii) quality improvement supported by data from a clinical perinatal e-registry and iv) empowerment and leadership mentoring of maternity unit leaders complemented by district based bi-annual coordination and accountability meetings. The trial’s primary outcome is in-facility perinatal (stillbirths and early neonatal) mortality, in which we expect a 25% reduction. A perinatal e-registry will be implemented to monitor the trial. Our nested realist process evaluation will help to understand what works, for whom, and under which conditions. We will apply a gender lens to explore constraints to the provision of evidence-based care by health workers providing maternity services. An economic evaluation will assess the scalability and cost-effectiveness of ALERT intervention. Discussion There is evidence that each of the ALERT intervention components improves health providers’ practices and has modest to moderate effects. We aim to test if the innovative packaging, including addressing specific health systems constraints in these settings, will have a synergistic effect and produce more considerable perinatal mortality reductions. Trial registration Pan African Clinical Trial Registry (www.pactr.org): PACTR202006793783148. Registered on 17th June 2020.
Background: Late presentation to care is associated with increased morbidity, mortality and healthcare cost. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of late presentation to care in Benin, describe its trends and identify risk factors associated.
Introduction : Le paludisme est une des principales causes de morbi-mortalité au Bénin. Parmi les facteurs favorisants le décès figure le retard à la prise en charge. La présente étude a pour objectif de déterminer la fréquence du retard, les motifs, les facteurs de risque et les conséquences du retard à la consultation chez les sujets atteints du paludisme simple à Bembèrèkè. Méthode d’étude : Il s’agit d’une étude transversale à visée descriptive et analytique dans la population de Bembèrèkè. Le retard à la consultation a été défini pour un recours aux soins de plus de 24 h après le début des symptômes. L’analyse et le traitement des données étaient faites par les logiciels Epi data 3.1 et Epi info 3.5. Une p-value inférieure à 5% avait été considérée comme significative. Résultats : Au total, 178 adultes étaient recrutés dans cette étude parmi lesquels 93 (52,2%) étaient de sexe masculin soit un sexe ratio de 1,09. L’âge moyen des sujets enquêtés était de 21 ± 6,49 ans. Le retard à la consultation était observé chez 128 patients soit une fréquence de 71,9%. Les motifs du retard à la consultation étaient l’automédication et le manque de moyens financiers respectivement chez 70,3% et 29,7% des patients. L’absence de moyens de déplacement et l’absence d’hospitalisation antérieure étaient les facteurs de risque du retard à la consultation.Le paludisme grave était la conséquence du retard à la consultation. Conclusion : Les sujets souffrant de paludisme à Bembèrèkè ont un recours tardif à la consultation pour la plupart. Les motifs du retard à la consultation étaient l’automédication et le manque de moyens financiers
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