Performance of low-literate community health workers treating severe acute malnutrition in South Sudan.

ABSTRACT: Previous studies have described barriers to access of childhood severe acute malnutrition (SAM) treatment, including long travel distances and high opportunity costs. To increase access in remote communities, the International Rescue Committee developed a simplified SAM treatment protocol and low-literacy-adapted tools for community-based distributors (CBD, the community health worker cadre in South Sudan) to deliver treatment in the community. A mixed-methods pilot study was conducted to assess whether low-literate CBDs can adhere to a simplified SAM treatment protocol and to examine the community acceptability of CBDs providing treatment. Fifty-seven CBDs were randomly selected to receive training. CBD performance was assessed immediately after training, and 44 CBDs whose performance sco

SUBMITTER: Van Boetzelaer E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7199048 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature