Evaluation of a traditional birth attendant training programme in Bangladesh.

/ / Faculty Research in Asia, Research

CGPH FACULTY:Ndola Prata

DATE OF PUBLICATION:April 2011

REGION: Asia

REFERENCE: Rowen T, Prata N, Passano P. Evaluation of a traditional birth attendant training programme in Bangladesh. Midwifery. 2011 Apr;27(2):229-36. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2009.06.003. Epub 2009 Jul 24.

SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The 1997 Safe Motherhood Initiative effectively eliminated support for training traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in safe childbirth. Despite this, TBAs are still active in many countries such as Bangladesh, where 88% of deliveries occur at home. Renewed interest in community-based approaches and the urgent need to improve birth care has necessitated a re-examination of how provider training should be conducted and evaluated. OBJECTIVE:
to demonstrate how a simple evaluation tool can provide a quantitative measure of knowledge acquisition and intended behaviour following a TBA training program.”

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