Abstract
Objective
To study the impact of training of Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) on the Newborn care in resource poor setting in rural area.
Methods
A community based study in the Primary Health Center (PHC) area was conducted over one year period between March 2006 to February 2007. The study participants were 50 Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs)who conduct home deliveries in the PHC area. Training was conducted for two days which included topics on techniques of conducting safe delivery and newborn care practices. Pre-test evaluation regarding knowledge and practices about newborn care was done. Post-test evaluation was done at first month (early) and at fifth month (late) after the training. Analysis was done by using Mc. Nemer’s test, Chi- square test with Yates’s correction and Fischer’s exact test.
Results
Pre-test evaluation showed that, knowledge and practices about newborn care services provided by the previously trained TBAs and untrained TBAs were poor. Early and late post-test evaluation showed that, there was a progressive improvement in the newborn care provided by both the groups. Preintervention period (one year prior to the training) and postintervention period (one year after the training) showed that, there was a statistically significant (p<0.05) reduction in the perinatal deaths (11 to 3) and neonatal deaths (10 to 2) among the deliveries conducted by TBAs after the training.
Conclusion
Training programme for TBAs with regular reinforcements in the resource poor setting will not only improve the quality of newborn care but also reduces perinatal deaths.
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Satishchandra, D., Naik, V., Wantamutte, A. et al. Impact of training of traditional birth attendants on the newborn care. Indian J Pediatr 76, 33–36 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-008-0229-9
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