Video-Debriefing for Improved Competence Among Skilled Birth Attendants in Lira District-Northern Uganda

The Effect of Standard Helping Babies Breathe Training With Video-debriefing on Health Workers Knowledge and Skills Attainment and Retention in Lira District Northern Uganda

Helping babies breathe (HBB) is a neonatal resuscitation training program for low-resource settings to health care workers to provide prompt respiratory support to save babies at birth. Despite massive roll-out, new-born mortality reduction has stagnated over the years. Innovative teaching methods with existing technology such as video-debriefing needs to be tested to promote competence (skills and knowledge) attainment and retention.

In this study we will randomize both public and private delivery facilities in Lira district northern Uganda to receive either standard HBB with video-debriefing (intervention) or standard training alone (control). We hope video-debriefing will improve competence among the health workers and promote skills and knowledge retention over time, hence reduction in neonatal mortality.

The result of the study may also contribute to shaping refresher training program policy in low-resource settings.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All health care workers attending to delivery and new-born care in both public and private facilities in Lira district.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who turn up for training just for daily allowances, having been sent by their facility in-charges to fill gaps such as community vaccinators, Village Health Teams (VHTs), security officers, cleaners, and laboratory technicians