Saving the Lives of Asphyxiated Newborns in Public Health Facilities: An Implementation Research

Abstract

Back Ground: Globally, 2.6 million children died in their first month of life—approximately 7 000 newborn deaths per day—with approximately one million dying on the first day and nearly one million dying within the next six days. Perinatal asphyxia plays a significant role in this mortality. Even those who survive will suffer from mental retardation and other complications. One programme to save the lives of asphyxiated newborns is “Helping Baby Breathe.” However, it has yet to be successful in Ethiopia. Objective: To assess the status of implementation of helping baby breath and to design alternative best way to improve the service, in public hospitals of Bench-Maji, Kaffa and Sheka zones. Methods: Concurrent triangulation was used in the design. We used a phenomenological and descriptive cross-sectional study design. The subjects of the study were key informants, postnatal mothers, and health care providers in the delivery ward. Atlas Ti and SPSS software were used to analyze qualitative and quantitative data, respectively. Results: We reported on the knowledge and skills of health care providers in neonatal resuscitation in this study. The findings revealed that participants with good knowledge and skill were 54% and 27%, respectively. A number of contextual factors that may be impeding neonatal resuscitation were also identified qualitatively. Conclusion: The majority of health care providers’ skill and knowledge of neonatal resuscitation were far below the minimum expected competency. mocking me, hahaha, who cares about the quality of a specific service?” Let me be bold and state that newborn resuscitation has never been on the agenda of a meeting. “We’re doing everything we can to assist baby breathe”, said the participant. According to specialists, however, the newborn may face challenges such as cold stress or illness. Due to the fact that these two elements are commonly disregarded. Our rash is designed to help us breathe and begin breathing.