Evaluation of community health worker's performance at home-based newborn assessment supported by mHealth in rural Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In low to middle-income countries where home births are common and neonatal postnatal care is limited, community health worker (CHW) home visits can extend the capability of health systems to reach vulnerable newborns in the postnatal period. CHW assessment of newborn danger signs supported by mHealth have the potential to improve the quality of danger sign assessments and reduce CHW training requirements. We aim to estimate the validity (sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value) of CHW assessment of newborn infants aided by mHealth compared to physician assessment.

Methods

In this prospective study, ten CHWs received five days of theoretical and hands-on training on the physical assessment of newborns including ten danger signs. CHWs asses

SUBMITTER: Jahan F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9027479 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature