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Table 2 Included articles

From: Do in-service training materials for midwifery care providers in sub-Saharan Africa meet international competency standards? A scoping review 2000–2020

Author(s)

Title

Publication Year

Country

Participants

Setting

Topic

Identified Training Material

Yigzaw et al. [28]

Comparing the effectiveness of a blended learning approach with a conventional learning approach for basic emergency obstetric and newborn care training in Ethiopia.

2019

Ethiopia

Midwives, nurses, health officers

Health centres.

BEmONC

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Health: Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care

Weinberg et al. [29]

Helping Babies Survive Training Programs: Evaluating a Teaching Cascade in Ethiopia.

2019

Ethiopia

Midwives, nurses, house officers

Urban and rural. Hospitals.

Neonatal Resuscitation and Neonatal Care

American Academy of Pediatrics: Helping Babies Breathe, Essential Care for Every Baby, Essential Care for Small Babies

Thomsen et al. [30]

Health workers’ experiences with the Safe Delivery App in West Wollega Zone, Ethiopia: a qualitative study.

2019

Ethiopia

Nurses, midwives, health extension workers

Urban and rural. Health centres and hospitals.

BEmONC, EmONC, Neonatal Resuscitation

Safe Delivery App

Lund et al. [31]

Association Between the Safe Delivery App and Quality of Care and Perinatal Survival in Ethiopia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

2016

Ethiopia

Nurse, midwives, health extension workers

Urban and rural. Health centres and hospitals.

BEmONC, EmONC, Neonatal Resuscitation

Safe Delivery App

Mirkuzie et al. [32]

Standard basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care training in Addis Ababa; trainees’ reaction and knowledge acquisition.

2014

Ethiopia

Nurses and midwives

Urban.

Health centres.

BEmONC

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Health: Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care.

Eblovi et al. [33]

Retention and use of newborn resuscitation skills following a series of helping babies breathe trainings for midwives in rural Ghana.

2017

Ghana

Midwives

Rural.

Health centres.

Neonatal Resuscitation

American Academy of Pediatrics: Helping Babies Breathe

Innerdal et al. [34]

Reduction in Perinatal Mortality after Implementation of HBB Training at a District Hospital in Mali.

2020

Mali

Birth attendants

Rural.

Hospitals and health centres.

Neonatal Resuscitation

American Academy of Pediatrics: Helping Babies Breathe

Draiko et al. [35]

Knowledge, skills and competency retention among health workers one year after completing helping babies breathe training in South Sudan.

2019

Sudan

Medical officers/doctors, nurses, midwives, maternal child health officers, community health workers, and clinical officers

Urban.

Hospitals.

Neonatal Resuscitation

American Academy of Pediatrics: Helping Babies Breathe

Arabi et al. [36]

Perinatal outcomes following Helping Babies Breathe training and regular peer-peer skills practice among village midwives in Sudan.

2018

Sudan

(Village) Midwives

Rural.

Medical centres.

Neonatal Resuscitation

American Academy of Pediatrics: Helping Babies Breathe

Arabi et al. [37]

Skills retention in Sudanese village midwives 1 year following Helping Babies Breathe training.

2016

Sudan

(Village) Midwives

Rural.

Medical centres.

Neonatal Resuscitation

American Academy of Pediatrics: Helping Babies Breathe

Alwy Al-Beity et al. [38]

Predictors of change of health workers’ knowledge and skills after the Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding after Birth (HMS BAB) in-facility training in Tanzania.

2020

Tanzania

Doctors, nurse-midwives, auxiliary providers

Rural.

Hospitals and health centres.

Bleeding after Birth

JHPIEGO (ICM, FIGO, UNFPA, WHO, MCSP, AAP): Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding After Birth

Egenberg et al. [39]

Impact of multi-professional, scenario-based training on postpartum hemorrhage in Tanzania: a quasi-experimental, pre- vs. post-intervention study.

2017

Tanzania

Nurse-midwives, doctors

Rural.

Hospitals.

Bleeding after Birth

JHPIEGO (ICM, FIGO, UNFPA, WHO, MCSP, AAP): Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding After Birth

Egenberg et al. [40]

“No patient should die of PPH just for the lack of training!“ Experiences from multi-professional simulation training on postpartum hemorrhage in northern Tanzania: a qualitative study.

2017

Tanzania

Nurse-midwives, doctors, and medical attendants

Urban.

Hospitals.

Bleeding after Birth

JHPIEGO (ICM, FIGO, UNFPA, WHO, MCSP, AAP): Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding After Birth

Neilssen et al. [41]

Clinical performance and patient outcome after simulation-based training in prevention and management of postpartum haemorrhage: an educational intervention study in a low-resource setting.

2017

Tanzania

Nurse-midwives, medical attendants (nurse aides without formal medical education), and ambulance drivers (without formal education)

Rural.

Hospitals.

Bleeding after Birth

JHPIEGO (ICM, FIGO, UNFPA, WHO, MCSP, AAP): Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding After Birth

Wilson et al. [42]

Helping Babies Breathe implementation in Zanzibar, Tanzania.

2017

Tanzania (Zanzibar)

Nurse-midwives, clinical officers

Urban and rural.

Clinics.

Neonatal Resuscitation

American Academy of Pediatrics: Helping Babies Breathe

Neilssen et al. [43]

Helping mothers survive bleeding after birth: an evaluation of simulation-based training in a low-resource setting.

2014

Tanzania

Nurse-midwives, medical attendants (nurse aides without formal medical education), and ambulance drivers (without formal education)

Rural.

Hospitals.

Bleeding after Birth

JHPIEGO (ICM, FIGO, UNFPA, WHO, MCSP, AAP): Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding After Birth

Mesmo et al. [44]

Newborn mortality and fresh stillbirth rates in Tanzania after helping babies breathe training.

2013

Tanzania

Health care providers

Urban.

Hospitals.

Neonatal Resuscitation

American Academy of Pediatrics: Helping Babies Breathe

Williams et al. [45]

“Practice so that the skill does not disappear”: mixed methods evaluation of simulator-based learning for midwives in Uganda.

2019

Uganda

Doctors, nurse, midwives and “others”

Urban and rural.

Hospitals and health centres.

Neonatal Resuscitation and Bleeding after Birth

American Academy of Pediatrics: Helping Babies Breathe.

JHPIEGO (ICM, FIGO, UNFPA, WHO, MCSP, AAP): Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding After Birth

Hanson et al. [46]

Effects of the Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding after Birth training on near miss morbidity and mortality in Uganda: A cluster-randomized trial.

2021

Uganda

Maternity providers

Rural.

Hospitals and health centres.

Bleeding after Birth

JHPIEGO (ICM, FIGO, UNFPA, WHO, MCSP, AAP): Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding After Birth

Bang et al. [47]

Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) training: What happens to knowledge and skills over time?

2016

Multi-county (India and Kenya)

Nurses and doctors (India). Nurse-midwives (Kenya)

Hospitals.

Neonatal Resuscitation and Neonatal Care

American Academy of Pediatrics: Helping Babies Breathe

Evans et al. [48]

Competency-based training “Helping Mothers Survive: Bleeding after Birth” for providers from central and remote facilities in three countries.

2014

Multi-country (India, Malawi, Tanzania incl. Zanzibar)

Health orderlies (Zanzibar only), Auxiliary nurse midwife (India only), Nurses/nurse- midwives (all 3 countries), Clinical officers, medical assistants, and doctors (all 3 countries)

Urban and rural.

Health facilities.

Bleeding after Birth

JHPIEGO (ICM, FIGO, UNFPA, WHO, MCSP, AAP): Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding After Birth