Assessing community health worker capacity to appropriately identify and refer malnourished children in rural India

C Silver,J Gupta

doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2016.04.366

Abstract

Assessing community health worker capacity to appropriately identify and refer malnourished children in rural India

Highlights

Assessing community health worker capacity to appropriately identify and refer malnourished children in rural India
The two primary aims of this study are 1) to assess the ability of Community Health Workers (CHWs) to correctly identify and refer undernourished children and 2) to verify that patients seek care at the appropriate referral treatment center
The CHWs were trained to identify undernourished children and refer them to treatment centers. This is important given that 43% of children in the working area are underweight

Summary

Introduction

Assessing community health worker capacity to appropriately identify and refer malnourished children in rural India Background: The two primary aims of this study are 1) to assess the ability of Community Health Workers (CHWs) to correctly identify and refer undernourished children and 2) to verify that patients seek care at the appropriate referral treatment center. The CHWs were trained to identify undernourished children and refer them to treatment centers.

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