Authors: Nathan P Miller, Farid Bagheri Ardestani, Hayes Wong, Sonya Stokes, Birkety Mengistu, Meron Paulos, Nesibu Agonafir, Mariame Sylla, Agazi Ameha, Bizuhan Gelaw Birhanu, Sadaf Khan and Ephrem Tekle Lemango
The Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health and partners have scaled up integrated community case management (iCCM) and community-based newborn care allowing health extension workers (HEWs) to manage the major causes of child and newborn death at the community level. This study aimed to assess barriers to the utilization of HEW services and to explore potential solutions. Through a systematic literature review, the study determined that lack of awareness of services provided by HEWs, costs associated with seeking formal care and sociocultural factors affected those seeking care for childhood illnesses.
Link: Barriers to the utilization of community-based child and newborn health services in Ethiopia: a scoping review
Resource Topic: CHW Role, Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2021
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: Ethiopia
Publisher May Restrict Access: No