BetterBirth: A Trial of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program
NCT ID: NCT02148952
Last Updated: 2024-06-26
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COMPLETED
NA
157689 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2014-11-30
2017-07-18
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
NONE
Study Groups
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Intervention Health Facility
WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program
WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program
The IHF group will receive the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program designed to maximize likelihood of effective and sustained uptake of the program by birth attendants in the designated facilities. The program includes three key implementation steps that involve: engagement of leadership and clinicians at the state, district, and local levels, a formal launch to introduce the Checklist, and support through peer coaching and data feedback. The intervention facilities will also receive a standardized maternity register to ensure appropriate data collection.
Control Health Facility
Matched control facilities providing comparison for intervention facilities
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program
The IHF group will receive the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program designed to maximize likelihood of effective and sustained uptake of the program by birth attendants in the designated facilities. The program includes three key implementation steps that involve: engagement of leadership and clinicians at the state, district, and local levels, a formal launch to introduce the Checklist, and support through peer coaching and data feedback. The intervention facilities will also receive a standardized maternity register to ensure appropriate data collection.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
* Mothers being managed for abortion.
* Mothers who refuse consent for follow-up
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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World Health Organization
OTHER
Population Services International
OTHER
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
OTHER
Community Empowerment Lab
OTHER
Brigham and Women's Hospital
OTHER
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
OTHER
MacArthur Foundation
OTHER
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Katherine Semrau
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Atul Gawande, MD, MPH
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Vishwajeet Kumar, MBBS, MPH
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Community Empowerment Lab
Bhala Kodkany, MBBS
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Jawarhlal Nehru Medical College
Katherine Semrau, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Harvard Medical School/ Ariadne Labs
Locations
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PSI
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Countries
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References
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Lofgren KT, Bobanski L, Tuller DE, Singh VP, Marx Delaney M, Jurczak A, Ragavan M, Kalita T, Karlage A, Resch SC, Semrau KEA. Estimating maternity ward birth attendant time use in India: a microcosting study. BMJ Open. 2022 Feb 7;12(2):e054164. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054164.
Semrau KE, Miller KA, Lipsitz S, Fisher-Bowman J, Karlage A, Neville BA, Krasne M, Gass J, Jurczak A, Pratap Singh V, Singh S, Marx Delaney M, Hirschhorn LR, Kodkany B, Kumar V, Gawande AA. Does adherence to evidence-based practices during childbirth prevent perinatal mortality? A post-hoc analysis of 3,274 births in Uttar Pradesh, India. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Sep;5(9):e002268. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002268.
Barnhart DA, Semrau KEA, Zigler CM, Molina RL, Delaney MM, Hirschhorn LR, Spiegelman D. Optimizing the development and evaluation of complex interventions: lessons learned from the BetterBirth Program and associated trial. Implement Sci Commun. 2020 Feb 25;1:29. doi: 10.1186/s43058-020-00014-8. eCollection 2020.
Molina RL, Neal BJ, Bobanski L, Singh VP, Neville BA, Delaney MM, Lipsitz S, Karlage A, Shetye M, Semrau KEA. Nurses' and auxiliary nurse midwives' adherence to essential birth practices with peer coaching in Uttar Pradesh, India: a secondary analysis of the BetterBirth trial. Implement Sci. 2020 Jan 3;15(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s13012-019-0962-7.
Hirschhorn LR, Krasne M, Maisonneuve J, Kara N, Kalita T, Henrich N, Rana D, Maji P, Delaney MM, Firestone R, Sharma N, Kumar V, Gawande AA, Semrau KEA. Integration of the Opportunity-Ability-Motivation behavior change framework into a coaching-based WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist program in India. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2018 Sep;142(3):321-328. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.12542. Epub 2018 Jun 20.
Maisonneuve JJ, Semrau KEA, Maji P, Pratap Singh V, Miller KA, Solsky I, Dixit N, Sharma J, Lagoo J, Panariello N, Neal BJ, Kalita T, Kara N, Kumar V, Hirschhorn LR. Effectiveness of a WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Coaching-based intervention on the availability of Essential Birth Supplies in Uttar Pradesh, India. Int J Qual Health Care. 2018 Dec 1;30(10):769-777. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzy086.
Semrau KEA, Hirschhorn LR, Marx Delaney M, Singh VP, Saurastri R, Sharma N, Tuller DE, Firestone R, Lipsitz S, Dhingra-Kumar N, Kodkany BS, Kumar V, Gawande AA; BetterBirth Trial Group. Outcomes of a Coaching-Based WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program in India. N Engl J Med. 2017 Dec 14;377(24):2313-2324. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1701075.
Gass JD Jr, Misra A, Yadav MNS, Sana F, Singh C, Mankar A, Neal BJ, Fisher-Bowman J, Maisonneuve J, Delaney MM, Kumar K, Singh VP, Sharma N, Gawande A, Semrau K, Hirschhorn LR. Implementation and results of an integrated data quality assurance protocol in a randomized controlled trial in Uttar Pradesh, India. Trials. 2017 Sep 7;18(1):418. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2159-1.
Semrau KE, Hirschhorn LR, Kodkany B, Spector JM, Tuller DE, King G, Lipsitz S, Sharma N, Singh VP, Kumar B, Dhingra-Kumar N, Firestone R, Kumar V, Gawande AA. Effectiveness of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist program in reducing severe maternal, fetal, and newborn harm in Uttar Pradesh, India: study protocol for a matched-pair, cluster-randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2016 Dec 7;17(1):576. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1673-x.
Provided Documents
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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan
Related Links
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WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist
Ariadne Labs
Other Identifiers
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HSPH OPP1017378
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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