The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to learn if a practice facilitation package (including both audit and feedback and enhanced mentorship) can increase the use of maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) in Kenyan health facilities and reduce maternal and perinatal deaths. Twenty facilities will be enrolled (10 intervention; 10 control) and the intervention will be tested with facility staff including the MPDSR committee members and facility administrators. The main questions this study aims to answer are:
* Does the practice facilitation package improve the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of MPDSR in Kenyan health facilities? * What is the primary pathway through which the practice facilitation package influences MPDSR implementation with fidelity?
Researchers will compare outcomes between the intervention and control facilities to see if the practice facilitation package influences the degree to which facility MPDSR committees can complete all of the steps of the MPDSR process.
Participants in both intervention and control facilities will be asked to respond to short surveys and engage in focus group discussions. Participants in the intervention facilities will be asked to engage regularly with the practice facilitators in enhanced mentorship and audit and feedback.
Member of the MPDSR committee
≥18 years of age
None
Parallel
Audit and Feedback
BehavioralFor audit and feedback (component 1), practice facilitators will hold regular meetings with MPDSR committees and facility administrators to present data on facility mortality and MPDSR implementation. Practice facilitators will discuss challenges in MPDSR implementation and help committees engage in quality improvement, including tracking adaptations to the MPDSR process.
Enhanced Mentorship
BehavioralFor enhanced mentorship (component 2), practice facilitators will attend regular MPDSR committee meetings and provide coaching on navigating data sources and provide information about MPDSR, how to complete quality improvement cycles, and how to problem solve. Practice facilitatorswill also be available for individual mentorship in person or via Zoom/phone call. During meetings, practice facilitators will support the committee to co-develop a tracking system for recommendations made during MPDSR meetings.
MPDSR Fidelity (Implementation)
The number and proportion of maternal and perinatal deaths for which all six MPDSR steps (identify deaths, report deaths, review deaths, recommend solutions, implement recommendations, evaluate recommendations) are implemented in full. Proportions of fully completed MPDSR cycles will be compared between intervention and control arms.
Reach of the practice facilitation package
Reach is defined as the proportion of MPDSR committee members who participate in each component of the strategy package (audit and feedback and enhanced mentorship) out of the number of MPDSR committee members in each facility. We will determine if there is a significant difference in participation in each practice facilitation component over time across intervention facilities.
Institutional Maternal Mortality Ratio (IMMR)
Number of deaths of pregnant women within 42 days of the termination of pregnancy (from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management), divided by the total of deliveries in the facility over the same period of time. IMMR will be compared between intervention and control facilities.
Perinatal mortality rate
Number of stillbirths (fetal deaths at least 28 weeks of gestation) and newborn deaths (up to and including the first seven days after birth), divided by the total births in the facility over the same time. Perinatal mortality rate will be compared between intervention and control facilities.
Neonatal mortality rate
Number of deaths that occur in the first 28 days of life, divided by total live births in the facility over the same period of time. Neonatal mortality rate will be compared between intervention and control facilities.
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University of Washington
Lead sponsor
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Collaborator
Kenyatta National Hospital
Collaborator
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