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NCT Number: NCT05866016

Effect of Skill Birth Attendant Training to Improve the Competency of Service Providers

This clinical trial's primary goal is to compare birth attendants' competencies. It aims to answer the questions:

* Does the new modular training package enhance the competencies of skilled birth attendants? * Does the competencies of skilled birth attendants relates to improving maternal and neonatal health outcomes in Nepal? * Is this training module a cost-effective intervention?

Participants' knowledge, attitude, and skills will be assessed and it will be compared with standard training groups: Researchers will compare the competencies of birth attendants who receive modular training versus standard training to see if an increment in competencies is associated with maternal and neonatal health outcomes.

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Key information

Conditions

Competencies of Midwives Cost-benefit Analysis of Modular Training

Age range

21 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Health Directorate, Pokhara, Gandaki, Nepal

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Health workers should be Auxiliary Nurse Midwives and Nurses working in birthing centers where at least 10 birth managed in the last year
Health workers (Auxiliary Nurse Midwives and Nurses) who are committed to providing maternal and neonatal health services and priority for permanent service holders.
Who passes at least the first module (Online module) to participate in modular training

Exclusion criteria

Health workers (Auxiliary Nurse Midwives ad Nurses) who do not provide maternal and neonatal health service
Health workers other than Auxiliary Nurse Midwives and Nurses though they provide maternal neonatal health services in government health facilities
Health workers working in private health facilities

Treatment and study plan

Skill birth attendant training

Behavioral

It is an intervention targeted to enhance the competencies of Maternal Neonatal Health (MNH) service providers (skilled birth attendants) in Nepal. It is a capacity-building intervention that is expected to contribute to reducing maternal and neonatal morbidities and mortalities by improving the midwifery competencies (knowledge, attitudes, and skills) of MNH service providers.

Primary outcomes

Effectiveness assessment of modular skilled birth attendant training package

Time frame: "1 year"

The health workers who get new modular skill birth attendant training are expected to be more competent to provide midwifery services. Hence, this training is specifically targeted to improve midwifery knowledge, attitudes, and skills.

Secondary outcomes

Cost-benefit analysis

Time frame: "2 years"

The associated cost (monetary value) of the new modular and standard training will be calculated and compared with the effect (maternal and neonatal death reduction).

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Khim Bahadur Khadka, MPH

CONTACT

[email protected]

9856065453

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ministry of Health Gandaki Province, Nepal

Other Gov

Collaborators

Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal

Registry information

Official study title

Effectiveness of Modular Skilled Birth Attendant Training to Improve the Competencies of Service Providers and Maternal Newborn Health in Nepal: A Randomized Control Pilot Trial

Important dates

Study start: 2023
Primary completion: 2024
Study completion: 2025
First posted: May 19, 2023
Registry last updated: Dec 3, 2024

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