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DrFelicityFitzgerald

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease

Senior Clinical Research Fellow
 
 
 
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@article{Wilson:2022:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056605,
author = {Wilson, E and Gannon, H and Chimhini, G and Fitzgerald, F and Khan, N and Lorencatto, F and Kesler, E and Nkhoma, D and Chiyaka, T and Haghparast-Bidgoli, H and Lakhanpaul, M and Cortina, Borja M and Stevenson, AG and Crehan, C and Sassoon, Y and Hull-Bailey, T and Curtis, K and Chiume, M and Chimhuya, S and Heys, M},
doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056605},
journal = {BMJ Open},
pages = {1--8},
title = {Protocol for an intervention development and pilot implementation evaluation study of an e-health solution to improve newborn care quality and survival in two low-resource settings, Malawi and Zimbabwe: Neotree.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056605},
volume = {12},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Every year 2.4 million deaths occur worldwide in babies younger than 28 days. Approximately 70% of these deaths occur in low-resource settings because of failure to implement evidence-based interventions. Digital health technologies may offer an implementation solution. Since 2014, we have worked in Bangladesh, Malawi, Zimbabwe and the UK to develop and pilot Neotree: an android app with accompanying data visualisation, linkage and export. Its low-cost hardware and state-of-the-art software are used to improve bedside postnatal care and to provide insights into population health trends, to impact wider policy and practice. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This is a mixed methods (1) intervention codevelopment and optimisation and (2) pilot implementation evaluation (including economic evaluation) study. Neotree will be implemented in two hospitals in Zimbabwe, and one in Malawi. Over the 2-year study period clinical and demographic newborn data will be collected via Neotree, in addition to behavioural science informed qualitative and quantitative implementation evaluation and measures of cost, newborn care quality and usability. Neotree clinical decision support algorithms will be optimised according to best available evidence and clinical validation studies. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This is a Wellcome Trust funded project (215742_Z_19_Z). Research ethics approvals have been obtained: Malawi College of Medicine Research and Ethics Committee (P.01/20/2909; P.02/19/2613); UCL (17123/001, 6681/001, 5019/004); Medical Research Council Zimbabwe (MRCZ/A/2570), BRTI and JREC institutional review boards (AP155/2020; JREC/327/19), Sally Mugabe Hospital Ethics Committee (071119/64; 250418/48). Results will be disseminated via academic publications and public and policy engagement activities. In this study, the care for an estimated 15 000 babies across three sites will be impacted. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT0512707; Pre-results.
AU  - Wilson,E
AU  - Gannon,H
AU  - Chimhini,G
AU  - Fitzgerald,F
AU  - Khan,N
AU  - Lorencatto,F
AU  - Kesler,E
AU  - Nkhoma,D
AU  - Chiyaka,T
AU  - Haghparast-Bidgoli,H
AU  - Lakhanpaul,M
AU  - Cortina,Borja M
AU  - Stevenson,AG
AU  - Crehan,C
AU  - Sassoon,Y
AU  - Hull-Bailey,T
AU  - Curtis,K
AU  - Chiume,M
AU  - Chimhuya,S
AU  - Heys,M
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056605
EP  - 8
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 2044-6055
SP  - 1
TI  - Protocol for an intervention development and pilot implementation evaluation study of an e-health solution to improve newborn care quality and survival in two low-resource settings, Malawi and Zimbabwe: Neotree.
T2  - BMJ Open
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056605
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35790332
UR  - https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/7/e056605
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/100023
VL  - 12
ER  -
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