CHWs play an integral role in linking members of communities to maternal health services in formal health care systems. This study identifies specific strategies applied by CHWs in Rwanda to promote equitable maternal care in their communities. It highlights the need for future research on strategies to motivate community health workers. … [Read more...] about Facilitating equitable community-level access to maternal health services: exploring the experiences of Rwanda’s community health workers
Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Socio-cultural contextual factors that contribute to the uptake of a mobile health intervention to enhance maternal health care in rural Senegal.
A notable amount of progress has been made in reducing maternal mortality rates over the past 25 years in Senegal. However, the national maternal mortality ratio remains unacceptably high. With mobile health (mHealth) interventions been used increasingly in rural and remote areas of the country, this study looks at the application of CommCare. CommCare is an application that … [Read more...] about Socio-cultural contextual factors that contribute to the uptake of a mobile health intervention to enhance maternal health care in rural Senegal.
A Novel Mobile Health Tool for Home-Based Identification of Neonatal Illness in Uganda: Formative Usability Study.
This study aimed to assess the usability and acceptability of the NeMo system in rural Uganda. NeMo is an intuitive platform for neonatal assessment in a home setting. The study involved the application of the system by target users and volunteer community health workers (CHWs). … [Read more...] about A Novel Mobile Health Tool for Home-Based Identification of Neonatal Illness in Uganda: Formative Usability Study.
The impact of India’s accredited social health activist (ASHA) program on the utilization of maternity services: a nationally representative longitudinal modelling study
The accredited social health activist (ASHA) program was launched by the Indian government in 2006 as a means of reaching marginalized communities. This article looks at data from the Indian Human Development Surveys conducted in 2004-2005 and 2011-2012 to assess the effect of the ASHA program on the uptake of maternity services. … [Read more...] about The impact of India’s accredited social health activist (ASHA) program on the utilization of maternity services: a nationally representative longitudinal modelling study
Do home pregnancy tests bring women to community health workers for antenatal care counselling? A randomized controlled trial in Madagascar
Provision of pregnancy tests by community health workers (CHWs) in low resource settings has the potential to reach a large proportion of women in these regions. This randomized control trial looks at the efficiency of an intervention which involves CHWs supplying home pregnancy tests and whether this approach brings in more clients for ante natal counselling (ANC). … [Read more...] about Do home pregnancy tests bring women to community health workers for antenatal care counselling? A randomized controlled trial in Madagascar