Feasibility of Training Community Health Workers in the Detection of Oral Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Visual screening for oral cancer has been found to be useful in a large randomized clinical trial in Kerala, India, showing substantial reduction in mortality. To address the shortage of medical personnel in resource-deficient regions, using the services of community health workers has been proposed as a strategy to fill the gap in human resources in health care.

Objective

To assess the feasibility of community health workers in screening and early detection of oral cancer using a mobile application capturing system.

Design, setting, and participants

A cross-sectional study using a household sample was conducted in 10 areas of Gautam Budhnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India, from January 31, 2020, to March 31, 2021, to assess the feasibility of identificati

SUBMITTER: Thampi V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8767429 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature