Performance of Accredited Social Health Activists to Provide Home-based Newborn Care: A Situational Analysis.
Indian Pediatr
;
2014 February; 51(2): 139-141
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-170183
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To assess Accredited social health activists’ (ASHAs) ability to recognize illness in infants aged less than 2 months.Methods:
Investigators observed 25 ASHAs conducting 47 visits.Results:
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).Conclusion:
There is a need for improved training, tools, and supportive supervision.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian Pediatr
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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