Evaluation of the cognitive effect of newborn resuscitation training on health-care workers in selected states in Northern Nigeria
Author(s) -
LawalWaisu Umar,
HafsatRufai Ahmad,
Abdulkadir Isah,
HafsatWasagu Idris,
Laila Hassan,
FatimaLaraba Abdullahi,
Hassan Ishaku,
A Yakubu,
AbubakarMuhammad Zubairu,
JaneAlison Jobling
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of african medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1596-3519
DOI - 10.4103/aam.aam_47_17
Subject(s) - medicine , resuscitation , cognition , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , training (meteorology) , emergency medicine , medical emergency , pediatrics , psychiatry , physics , meteorology
Neonatal deaths contribute significantly to slower progress in under-5 mortality reduction. Lack of sufficiently trained birth assistants partly contributes to early neonatal deaths. Resuscitation training equips frontline health-care workers (HCWs) with requisite knowledge and skills to prevent birth asphyxia.
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