Abstract

The project's objective was to evaluate the effectiveness, impact, and rate of infant umbilical cord infection when community health care workers/ midwives utilized clean delivery kits in under-resourced areas of Monrovia, Liberia. A descriptive-exploratory design study was conducted to determine the rate of kit utilization,infection rate; with retrospective chart review.

Author Details

Wendy Post, MSN, BSN, RN; Sharon Davies, BS; Charlene D. Whitaker-Brown, DNP, MSN, FNP-C -- School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Odel Fayiah, NM, School of Nurse Midwifery, University of Liberia School of Nurse Midwifery, Monrovia, Liberia; Catherine Cooper, MD, Department of Health Services, Ministry of Health Liberia Executive Council, Monrovia, Maryland, USA

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Lead Author Affiliation

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA,University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Clean Birth Kits, Aseptic Birth, Global Maternal Child Health, Monrovia, Liberia, Umbilical Cord Infection, Omphalitis, Neonatal Health

Conference Name

Leadership Connection 2018

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Conference Year

2018

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Evaluation of a clean delivery kit intervention in preventing umbilical cord infections in Monrovia, Liberia

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

The project's objective was to evaluate the effectiveness, impact, and rate of infant umbilical cord infection when community health care workers/ midwives utilized clean delivery kits in under-resourced areas of Monrovia, Liberia. A descriptive-exploratory design study was conducted to determine the rate of kit utilization,infection rate; with retrospective chart review.