IMPACT ON KEY BEHAVIOURS & NEONATAL MORTALITY

Papers currently being drafted

NEWHINTS IMPLEMENTATION: LESSONS LEARNED

Papers currently being drafted

TRIAL PROTOCOL

• NEWHINTS cluster randomised trial to evaluate the impact on neonatal mortality in rural Ghana of routine home visits to provide a package of essential newborn care interventions in the third trimester of pregnancy and the first week of life: trial protocol.
  Kirkwood BR, Manu A, Tawiah-Agyemang C, Ten Asbroek G, Gyan T, Weobong B, Lewandowski RE, Soremekun S, Danso S, Pitt C, Hanson K, Owusu-Agyei S and Hill Z. Trials. May 17;11:58. 2010.
  http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/pdf/1745-6215-11-58.pdf

INTERVENTION DESIGN: FORMATIVE RESEARCH FINDINGS

• Developing a community-based neonatal care intervention: a health facility assessment to inform intervention design.
  Howe L, Manu A, Tawiah-Agyemang C, Kirkwood B and Hill Z.
  Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. Mar;25(2):192-200. 2011.
  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3016.2010.01178.x/pdf
• Improving hygiene in home deliveries in rural Ghana: how to build on current attitudes and practices.
  Hill Z, Tawiah-Agyemang C, Okeyere E, Manu A, Fenty J, and Kirkwood BR.
  Pediatr Infect Dis J. Nov;29(11):1004-8. 2010.
  http://journals.lww.com/pidj/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=11000&article=00006&type=abstract
• Newborn care: the effect of a traditional illness, asram, in Ghana.
  Okyere E, Tawiah-Agyemang C, Manu A, Deganus S, Kirkwood BR, and Hill Z.
  Ann Trop Paediatr. 30(4):321-8. 2010.
  http://docserver.ingentaconnect.com/deliver/connect/maney/02724936/v30n4/s9.pdf?expires=1311956252&id=63767774&titleid=6208&accname=London+School+of+Hygiene+%26+Tropical+Medicine&checksum=462E7CD8AA713880175D2425036933AE
• Keeping newborns warm: beliefs, practices and potential for behaviour change in rural Ghana.
  Hill Z, Tawiah-Agyemang C, Manu A, Okyere E and Kirkwood BR.
  Trop Med Int Health. Oct;15(10):1118-24. 2010.
  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3016.2010.01178.x/pdf
• Early initiation of breast-feeding in Ghana: barriers and facilitators
  Tawiah-Agyemang C, Kirkwood BR, Edmond K, Bazzano A and Hill Z.
  JPerinatol (28) Sup2 S46-52. 2008.
  http://www.nature.com/jp/journal/v28/n2s/pdf/jp2008173a.pdf
  Poster Presentation - Tracking Progress in Child Survival Countdown to 2015, London 13-14, December 2005.
• How did formative research inform the development of a home-based neonatal care intervention in rural Ghana?
  Hill Z, Manu A, Tawiah-Agyemang C, Gyan T, Turner K, Weobong B, Ten Asbroek AH and Kirkwood BR.
  JPerinatol (28) Sup2 S38-45. 2008.
  http://www.nature.com/jp/journal/v28/n2s/pdf/jp2008172a.pdf
• Developing community-based intervention strategies to save newborn lives: lessons learned from formative research in five countries
  Neonatal Mortality Formative Research Working Group.
  J Perinatol. Dec;28 Suppl 2:S2-8. 2008.
  http://www.nature.com/jp/journal/v28/n2s/pdf/jp2008166a.pdf
• Social costs of skilled attendance at birth in rural Ghana
  Bazanno AM, Kirkwood BR, Tawiah-Agyemang C, Owusu-Agyei S, Adongo P.
  International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. Jul;102(1):91-4. Epub 2008 Apr 8. 2008.
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6T7M-4S7HSF1-2-1&_cdi=5062&_user=1210936&_pii=S0020729208000945&_origin=&_coverDate=07%2F31%2F2008&_sk=998979998&view=c&wchp=dGLbVzW-zSkWA&md5=33d8d491f94cfe9277db8aeeacef9db0&ie=/sdarticle.pdf
• Beyond symptom recognition: care-seeking for ill newborns in rural Ghana
  Bazzano AN, Kirkwood BR, Tawiah-Agyemang C, Owusu-Agyei S, Adongo PB.
  Trop Med Int Health. Jan;13(1):123-8. 2008.
  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01981.x/pdf
• Delayed breastfeeding initiation increases risk of neonatal mortality
  Edmond KM, Zandoh C, Quigley MA, Amenga-Etego S, Owusu-Agyei S, Kirkwood BR.
  Pediatrics. 117(3):e380-6. 2006.
  http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/117/3/e380.full.pdf+html