The Nairobi Newborn Study: protocol for an observational study to estimate the gaps in provision and quality of inpatient newborn care in Nairobi City County, Kenya
<h4>Introduction</h4> <p>Progress has been made in Kenya towards reducing child mortality as part of efforts aligned with the 4th Millennium Development Goal. However, little advancement has been made in reducing mortality among newborns, which now accounts for 45% of all child de...
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| author | English, M Snow, R Murphy, G Gathara, D Aluvaala, J Mwachiro, J Abuya, N Ouma, P |
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| description | <h4>Introduction</h4> <p>Progress has been made in Kenya towards reducing child mortality as part of efforts aligned with the 4th Millennium Development Goal. However, little advancement has been made in reducing mortality among newborns, which now accounts for 45% of all child deaths. The frequently unanticipated nature of neonatal illness, its severity, and the high dependency of sick newborns on skilled care make the provision of inpatient hospital services one key component of strategies to improve newborn survival.</p> <h4>Methods and Analyses</h4> <p>This project aims to assess the availability and quality of inpatient newborn care in hospitals in Nairobi City County across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors and align this to the estimated need for such services, providing a description of the quantity and quality gaps between capacity and demand. The population level burden of disease will be estimated using morbidity incidence estimates from literature review applied to sub-county estimates of population-adjusted births, providing a spatially disaggregated estimate of need within the county. This will be followed by a survey of neonatal services across all health facilities providing 24/7 inpatient newborn care in the county. The survey will include: a retrospective audit of admission registers to estimate the utilisation of facilities and case-mix of patients; a structural assessment of facilities to gain insight into capacity; a questionnaire to nursing staff focusing on the process of delivering key obstetric and neonatal interventions; and a retrospective case audit to assess adherence to guidelines by clinicians.</p> <h4>Ethics and dissemination</h4> <p>This study has been approved by the Kenya Medical Research Institute Scientific and Ethics Review Unit (SSC protocol No.2999). Results will be disseminated: to participating facilities through individualised reports and a joint workshop; to local and national stakeholders through meetings and a summary report; and to the international community through peer-review publication and international meetings.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e76002ce-2715-485f-8ba3-45765e77fa9f2022-03-27T10:38:11ZThe Nairobi Newborn Study: protocol for an observational study to estimate the gaps in provision and quality of inpatient newborn care in Nairobi City County, KenyaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e76002ce-2715-485f-8ba3-45765e77fa9fSymplectic Elements at OxfordBMJ Publishing Group2016English, MSnow, RMurphy, GGathara, DAluvaala, JMwachiro, JAbuya, NOuma, P <h4>Introduction</h4> <p>Progress has been made in Kenya towards reducing child mortality as part of efforts aligned with the 4th Millennium Development Goal. However, little advancement has been made in reducing mortality among newborns, which now accounts for 45% of all child deaths. The frequently unanticipated nature of neonatal illness, its severity, and the high dependency of sick newborns on skilled care make the provision of inpatient hospital services one key component of strategies to improve newborn survival.</p> <h4>Methods and Analyses</h4> <p>This project aims to assess the availability and quality of inpatient newborn care in hospitals in Nairobi City County across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors and align this to the estimated need for such services, providing a description of the quantity and quality gaps between capacity and demand. The population level burden of disease will be estimated using morbidity incidence estimates from literature review applied to sub-county estimates of population-adjusted births, providing a spatially disaggregated estimate of need within the county. This will be followed by a survey of neonatal services across all health facilities providing 24/7 inpatient newborn care in the county. The survey will include: a retrospective audit of admission registers to estimate the utilisation of facilities and case-mix of patients; a structural assessment of facilities to gain insight into capacity; a questionnaire to nursing staff focusing on the process of delivering key obstetric and neonatal interventions; and a retrospective case audit to assess adherence to guidelines by clinicians.</p> <h4>Ethics and dissemination</h4> <p>This study has been approved by the Kenya Medical Research Institute Scientific and Ethics Review Unit (SSC protocol No.2999). Results will be disseminated: to participating facilities through individualised reports and a joint workshop; to local and national stakeholders through meetings and a summary report; and to the international community through peer-review publication and international meetings.</p> |
| spellingShingle | English, M Snow, R Murphy, G Gathara, D Aluvaala, J Mwachiro, J Abuya, N Ouma, P The Nairobi Newborn Study: protocol for an observational study to estimate the gaps in provision and quality of inpatient newborn care in Nairobi City County, Kenya |
| title | The Nairobi Newborn Study: protocol for an observational study to estimate the gaps in provision and quality of inpatient newborn care in Nairobi City County, Kenya |
| title_full | The Nairobi Newborn Study: protocol for an observational study to estimate the gaps in provision and quality of inpatient newborn care in Nairobi City County, Kenya |
| title_fullStr | The Nairobi Newborn Study: protocol for an observational study to estimate the gaps in provision and quality of inpatient newborn care in Nairobi City County, Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Nairobi Newborn Study: protocol for an observational study to estimate the gaps in provision and quality of inpatient newborn care in Nairobi City County, Kenya |
| title_short | The Nairobi Newborn Study: protocol for an observational study to estimate the gaps in provision and quality of inpatient newborn care in Nairobi City County, Kenya |
| title_sort | nairobi newborn study protocol for an observational study to estimate the gaps in provision and quality of inpatient newborn care in nairobi city county kenya |
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