Request for research proposal for an impact study of the IAP NRP training workshops for reduction in perinatal mortality

1. 1. Background –

In India, even though Neonatal Resuscitation Training Program has been going on for the past 15 years conducted by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, the documentation of benefits of this long-standing program is unfortunately non-existent.

Published data further suggests that standard resuscitation training programs are not able to reach their full life-saving potential due to on-going gaps in training and performance skills on site .This is because of loss of knowledge and skills with around 75% of learned information forgotten in 1-2 weeks. The retention of knowledge and skills over time is essential in healthcare professional training and that is reported to be a challenge in limited-resource countries .Development and implementation of the new training methods that facilitate acquisition and retention of knowledge and skills related to newborn resuscitation is essential.

The present study aims to explore the current status of newborn resuscitation knowledge and skills in health care professionals and develop and implement a strategy to improve the training of them in neonatal resuscitation and assess its effectiveness on perinatal and early neonatal mortality.

 

2. 2. Purpose -

To evaluate the impact of an IAP NRP training package – that includes a primary training followed by a 2^nd and 3^rd refresher training at 3 months interval, along with ongoing mentorship on perinatal mortality rate at selected delivery centers with high neonatal mortality.

3. 3. Who can apply -

Any Indian National(s) holding a regular position in any Indian public or private academic and scientific university, college, institute, or non-profit organization (at least about 3 or more years old) with prior experience to undertake such research assignments.

4. 4. Proposal submission -

Interested investigators/ clinical researchers/ scientists qualifying the afore mentioned conditions should submit a Detailed Proposal in the prescribed format. Please ensure that the Font is Times New Roman, size: 12, single spacing and not more than 8 pages. Incomplete or incorrectly filled applications which lacks essential information/ documents will not be considered. The application should be sent by email to [email protected] / [email protected] on or before 25th March 2023. Any application received after the last date of submission will not be considered.

5. 5. Conditions -

A maximum budget of INR 25 lakhs only is available for the assignment and the study must be completed within 1 year of signing the contract with IAP.

 

Format for concept proposal

• • Title
• • Name and affiliation of Principal investigator and co-investigators
• • Introduction
• • Hypothesis and primary/ secondary objectives
• • Methodology: Study design, study settings, and detailed plan for data collection and statistical analysis
• • Expected study deliverables: i) study outcomes ii) translational outcomes
• • Quality Control
• • Report writing
• • Duration (timeline and milestones)
• • Detailed itemized Budget (salary, data collection, other expenses)
• • References (not more than 10)
• • Details of Ethics Committee from which approval will be taken, and participant consent
• • Team Strength and Technical Competence:
  • • Details of Team leader and members with individual brief resume (not more than 1 page)
  • • Details of similar proposals that have been undertaken by the team members