An Assessment of Maternal Recognition of Neonatal Sepsis following Implementation of Standardized Newborn Discharge Education in Western Uganda

This is an ongoing, grant-funded research project involving the employment of a full-time Ugandan research assistant, establishment of standardized discharge form for newborns, a train-the-trainer curriculum for nurse midwives on the signs and symptoms of neonatal sepsis, development of a picture-based teaching aid, and pre-post testing of mothers on their learning.