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Who's your coach? The relationship between coach characteristics and birth attendants' adherence to the WHO Safe

Emily R George1, Rebecca Hawrusik1, Megan Marx Delaney1

  • 1Ariadne Labs | Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02135, USA.

Gates Open Research
|August 18, 2020
PubMed

Background: Research demonstrates that coaching is an effective method for promoting behavior change, yet little is known about which attributes of a coach make them more or less effective. This post hoc, sub-analysis of the BetterBirth trial used observational data to explore whether specific coaches' and team leaders' characteristics were associated with improved adherence to essential birth practices listed on the World Health Organization Safe Childbirth Checklist. Methods: A descriptive analysis was conducted on the coach characteristics from the 50 BetterBirth coaches and team leaders. Data on adherence to essential birth practices by birth attendants who received coaching were collected by independent observers. Bivariate linear regression models were constructed, accounting for clustering by site, to examine the association between coach characteristics and attendants' adherence to practices.  Results: All of the coaches were female and the majority were nurses. Team leaders were comprised of both males and females; half had clinical backgrounds. There was no association between coaches' or team leaders' characteristics, namely gender, type of degree, or years of clinical training, and attendants' adherence to essential birth practices. However, a significant inverse relationship was detected between the coach or team leader's age and years of experience and the birth attendants' adherence to the checklist.  Conclusion: Younger, less experienced coaches were more successful in promoting essential birth practices adherence in this population. More data is needed to fully understand the relationship between coaches and birth attendants.

Keywords:
checklistscoachingin-service trainingmaternal health servicesprovider educationquality improvementsupportive supervision

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