Abstract
Background Facilitation of local women’s groups may reportedly reduce neonatal mortality. It is not known whether facilitation of groups composed by local healthcare staff and politicians can improve perinatal outcomes. We hypothesized that facilitation of local stakeholder groups would reduce neonatal mortality (primary outcome) and improve maternal, delivery and newborn care indicators (secondary outcomes) in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam. Trial registration: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN44599712.
Highlights
Facilitation of local women’s groups may reportedly reduce neonatal mortality
We hypothesized that facilitation of local stakeholder groups would reduce neonatal mortality and improve maternal, delivery and newborn care indicators in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam
Neonatal mortality rate (NMR) from July 2008 to June 2011 was 16.5/1000 (195 deaths per 11818 live births) in the intervention communes and 18.4/1000 (194 per 10559 live births) in control communes
Summary
Effect of facilitation of local maternal-and-newborn stakeholder groups on neonatal mortality: a cluster randomised trial. Lars Åke Persson, Nga Nguyen T1,2, Mats Målqvist, Hoa Dinh Thi Phuong, Leif Eriksson, Lars Wallin4*, Katarina Selling, Huy Tran Q5,6, Duc Duong M1,3, Uwe Ewald. From Health Services Research: Evidence-based practice London, UK. From Health Services Research: Evidence-based practice London, UK. 1-3 July 2014
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