Authors: Dorothy Mituki-Mungiria, Prisca Tuitoek, Aniko Varpolatai, Douglas Ngotho, and Elizabeth Kimani-Murage
Early breastfeeding initiation and exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life are linked to improved neonatal health and development. Dorothy Mituki-Mungiria and her colleagues explored how effective CHWs are in teaching mothers to breastfeed in the first hour after birth and continuing exclusive breastfeeding for 24 weeks postpartum. CHWs were very successful at convincing mothers to exclusively breastfeed their infant, but had little impact early breastfeeding initiation.
Link: Effectiveness of community health workers in improving early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding rates in a low‐resource setting: A cluster‐randomized longitudinal study
Resource Topic: CHW Role, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Resource Type: Journal articles, Research
Year: 2020
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: Kenya
Publisher May Restrict Access: No