Outcomes: need for ETI as decided by trialists, all-cause mortality and risk of newly developed AMI after delivery of study interventions.
The strategy of study intervention delivery which included recognition of signs of illnesses among newborns by conducting assessments during postnatal home visits by trained CHWs, making referral and providing support to families for referral compliance also might explain such increased probability of care seeking for preterm newborns with signs of injury and infections.
KF conceived of the study, acquired the funding, participated in the design of the study, the delivery of the intervention, performed the statistical analysis, and drafted the manuscript.
28 A team not involved in the delivery of the intervention collected the study outcomes.
MUV and MJ contributed to the study design, delivery of the intervention, and interpretation of the data.
They include the prospective trial design, prospective participants, prospective study settings, delivery of the intervention, and quality assurance.
The setting for recruitment for the study and delivery of the intervention was primary (elementary) schools in urban Australia, which teach children aged 5-12 years.
Finally, whilst we obtained a broad range of views, it is difficult to know whether similar results would be found, particularly for delivery of the intervention, if this study was replicated in other healthcare settings with different infrastructure and systems in place.
This feasibility study supported the delivery of the intervention and the potential to improve mental health referral rates.
The intervention was delivered by women from the local community who had no formal training, apart from that received from the study team for delivery of the intervention.
The challenges are, among others, related to difficulties in standardising the study design and delivery of the intervention, and assessing the impact of local contextual factors [ 1].
