Adaptation of Essential Care for Every Baby educational program to improve infant outcomes in the context of Zika

The outbreak and ongoing transmission of Zika virus provided an opportunity to strengthen essential newborn care and early childhood development systems through collaboration with the US Agency for International Development Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (USAID ASSIST). The objec...

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Published in:BMC pediatrics 2022-11, Vol.22 (1), p.669-669, Article 669
Main Authors: McNelis, Kera, Prasanphanich, Nina, Martin-Herz, Susanne P, Carter, Terrell, Merchant, Hannah Foehringer, Patterson, Janna, Hager, Salwan, Chitashvili, Tamar, Jarvis, Shivon Belle, Kamath-Rayne, Beena D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advisors
Babies
Business metrics
Care and treatment
Child
Child, Preschool
Congenital syndrome associated with Zika
Essential Care for Every Baby
Essential newborn care
Families & family life
Health education
Humans
Infant
Infant mortality
Infant, Newborn
Infants
Infants (Newborn)
Knowledge
Midwifery
Newborn
Newborn babies
Pediatrics
Planning
Quality improvement
Training
Workshops
Zika
Zika Virus
Zika Virus Infection - prevention & control
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Summary:The outbreak and ongoing transmission of Zika virus provided an opportunity to strengthen essential newborn care and early childhood development systems through collaboration with the US Agency for International Development Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (USAID ASSIST). The objective was to create a system of sustainable training dissemination which improves newborn care-related quality indicators in the context of Zika. From 2018-19, USAID ASSIST supported a series of technical assistance visits by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in four Caribbean countries to strengthen the clinical capacity in care of children potentially affected by Zika through dissemination of Essential Care for Every Baby (ECEB), teaching QI methodology, coaching visits, and development of clinical care guidelines. ECEB was adapted to emphasize physical exam findings related to Zika. The first series of workshops were facilitated by AAP technical advisors and the second series were facilitated by the newly trained local champions. Quality of care was monitored with performance indicators at 134 health facilities. A repeated measures (pre-post) ANOVA was conducted, revealing significant pre-post knowledge gains [F(1) = 197.9, p 
ISSN:1471-2431
1471-2431
DOI:10.1186/s12887-022-03710-7