An integrated community health worker intervention in rural Nepal: a type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence-based medicines, technologies, and protocols exist to prevent many of the annual 300,000 maternal, 2.7 million neonatal, and 9 million child deaths, but they are not being effectively implemented and utilized in rural areas. Nepal, one of South Asia's poorest countries with over 80% of its population living in rural areas, exemplifies this challenge. Community health workers are an important cadre in low-income countries where human resources for health and health care infrastructure are limited. As local women, they are uniquely positioned to understand and successfully navigate barriers to health care access. Recent case studies of large community health worker programs have highlighted the importance of training, both initial and ongoing, and accountability t

SUBMITTER: Maru S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5875011 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature