Peer Learning and HBB in Managing Maternal Newborn and Child Health Emergencies in Rural Uganda

NCT ID: NCT03252275

Last Updated: 2017-08-17

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 77 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2017-08-30
• Study Completion Date: 2021-06-30

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to test an intervention that has potential to improve acute care skills and confidence related to safe delivery and newborn care for mid-level health providers in Uganda by the development of a 'mobile' simulation package including scale-up materials based upon research evidence. In this randomized study investigators will compare the impact of a peer learning package on skills, knowledge and team work regarding newborn care among health workers in rural south western Uganda.

Detailed Description

The aim of this study is to test an intervention that has potential to improve acute care skills and confidence related to safe delivery and newborn care for mid-level health providers in Uganda by the development of a 'mobile' simulation package including scale-up materials based upon research evidence. In this randomized study investigators will compare the impact of a peer learning package on skills, knowledge and team work regarding newborn care among health workers in rural south western Uganda.

The cluster randomized study will have two arms; intervention arm receives peer learning program. In this program, two health workers at the same health facility teach each other using case scenarios. The case scenarios will be based on common neonatal conditions such as neonatal sepsis, hypothermia and prematurity.

The two study arms will both receive training on HBB and Essential care for every baby (ECEB)

Conditions

Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Emergencies

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Intervention

Standard HBB and ECEB training with peer learning

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Peer learning

Intervention Type: OTHER

Peer learning plus HBB and ECEB

Control

Standard HBB and ECEB training only

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Peer learning

Peer learning plus HBB and ECEB

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Health workers involved in performing deliveries of mothers at health center IVs and IIIs (i.e, county and subcounty level)

Exclusion Criteria

• Health facilities based in municipalities, urban dwellings

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Calgary

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Mbarara University of Science and Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Santorini Data, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Central Contacts

Santorini Data, MD

Role: CONTACT

sdata@must.ac.ug

+256752214458

Francis Bajunirwe, PhD

Role: CONTACT

fbaj@must.ac.ug

+256772576396

References

Data S, Mirette D, Cherop M, Bajunirwe F, Kyakwera C, Robinson T, Josephine NN, Abesiga L, Namata T, Brenner JL, Singhal N, Twine M, Wishart I, McIntosh H, Cheng A. Peer Learning and Mentorship for Neonatal Management Skills: A Cluster-Randomized Trial. Pediatrics. 2022 Aug 1;150(2):e2021054471. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-054471.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 35794462 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

MUST 21/06-16

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id