Engaging community health workers in maternal and infant death identification in Khayelitsha, South Africa: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Engaging community health workers in a formalised death review process through verbal and social autopsy has been utilised in different settings to estimate the burden and causes of mortality, where civil registration and vital statistics systems are weak. This method has not been widely adopted. We piloted the use of trained community health workers (CHW) to investigate the extent of unreported maternal and infant deaths in Khayelitsha and explored requirements of such a programme and the role of CHWs in bridging gaps.

Methods

This was a mixed methods study, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative methods. Case identification and data collection were done by ten trained CHWs. Quantitative data were collected using a structured questionnaire. Qualitative d

SUBMITTER: Igumbor J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7690162 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature