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ABSTRACT

Background:

Competence in neonatal resuscitation of the newborn is very critical to ensure the safety and health of the newborn infants. Effects of acquisition of neonatal resuscitation skills improve self-efficacy, thereby reducing neonatal mortality as a result of asphyxia. About one-quarter of all neonatal deaths globally are caused by birth asphyxia. The need for neonatal resuscitation is most imperative in a resource-constrained setting, where access to intrapartum obstetric care is inadequate and poor.

Objective:

The protocol describes the methodology of a scoping review on evidence of training in neonatal resuscitation and its association with practice in low-resources countries. The aim of the review is to map available evidence of neonatal resuscitation training proficient on unskilled birth attendants practice.

Methods:

This scoping review protocol uses the framework proposed by Arksey & O’Malley and refined by Levac et al, published by Joanna Briggs Institute while following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Extension for Scoping Review Protocols guidelines. The search strategy was developed with the assistance of the college librarian. Five peer-reviewed data-bases (EBSCOhost (PsychINFO, Wiley online), PubMed, MEDLINE with full-text, Google Scholar (Science Direct), CINAHL Plus with full text EBSCOhost), databases committed to grey literature sources, and reference extraction will be used. Two independent reviewers will screen and extract data. Discrepancies will be resolved by the third reviewer. The extracted data will undergo a descriptive analysis of contextual data and a quantitative analysis using appropriate statistical methods.

Results:

Results Data relating to neonatal resuscitation training proficient with practice in low-resource settings will be extracted and included for analysis.

Conclusions:

Conclusion Research ethical approval is not required for this review protocol. This scoping review will focus on the review of evidence and provide an insight into existing literature to guide further research and identify implementation strategies to improve the practice of unskilled birth attendants through the acquisition of skills and self-efficacy in neonatal resuscitation. The results of this review will be presented at relevant conferences related to Newborn and Child Health and Neonatal nursing studies and published in a peer-reviewed journal.