Performance of accredited social health activists to provide home-based newborn care: a situational analysis.
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Das, E; Panwar, DS; Fischer, EA; Bora, G; Carlough, MC
Published in: Indian pediatrics
February 2014
To assess Accredited social health activists' (ASHAs) ability to recognize illness in infants aged less than 2 months.Investigators observed 25 ASHAs conducting 47 visits.ASHA-investigator agreement on the need to further assess infants was intermediate (kappa 0.48, P<0.001). Using IMNCI's color codes, ASHAs misclassified 80% of infants. ASHAs did not follow home-based newborn care formats and skipped critical signs. Overall ASHA-investigator agreement on diagnosis was poor (kappa=0.23, P=0.01).There is a need for improved training, tools, and supportive supervision.
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Indian pediatrics
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0974-7559
ISSN
0019-6061
Publication Date
February 2014
Volume
51
Issue
2
Start / End Page
142 / 144
Related Subject Headings
- Quality Assurance, Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant Care
- Humans
- House Calls
- Home Care Services
- Female
- Community Health Workers
- 3213 Paediatrics
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Das, E., Panwar, D. S., Fischer, E. A., Bora, G., & Carlough, M. C. (2014). Performance of accredited social health activists to provide home-based newborn care: a situational analysis. Indian Pediatrics, 51(2), 142–144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-014-0349-4
Das, Emily, Dharmendra Singh Panwar, Elizabeth A. Fischer, Girdhari Bora, and Martha C. Carlough. “Performance of accredited social health activists to provide home-based newborn care: a situational analysis.” Indian Pediatrics 51, no. 2 (February 2014): 142–44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-014-0349-4.
Das E, Panwar DS, Fischer EA, Bora G, Carlough MC. Performance of accredited social health activists to provide home-based newborn care: a situational analysis. Indian pediatrics. 2014 Feb;51(2):142–4.
Das, Emily, et al. “Performance of accredited social health activists to provide home-based newborn care: a situational analysis.” Indian Pediatrics, vol. 51, no. 2, Feb. 2014, pp. 142–44. Epmc, doi:10.1007/s13312-014-0349-4.
Das E, Panwar DS, Fischer EA, Bora G, Carlough MC. Performance of accredited social health activists to provide home-based newborn care: a situational analysis. Indian pediatrics. 2014 Feb;51(2):142–144.
Published In
Indian pediatrics
DOI
EISSN
0974-7559
ISSN
0019-6061
Publication Date
February 2014
Volume
51
Issue
2
Start / End Page
142 / 144
Related Subject Headings
- Quality Assurance, Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant Care
- Humans
- House Calls
- Home Care Services
- Female
- Community Health Workers
- 3213 Paediatrics