Authors: Tania Jahir, Helen O. Pitchik, Mahbubur Rahman, Jesmin Sultana, A.K.M. Shoab, Tarique Md Nurul Huda, Kendra A. Byrd, Md Saiful Islam, Farzana Yeasmin, Musa Baker, Dalia Yeasmin, Syeda Nurunnahar, Stephen P. Luby, Peter J. Winch, and Jenna E. Forsyth
Prenatal and early childhood exposure to lead can be extremely harmful. As part of an informational childhood development intervention in rural Bangladesh, community health workers (CHWs) delivered lead-exposure information to pregnant women and mothers and then administered surveys to assess knowledge, attitude, and behavior changes. Awareness of the harms of prenatal and early-childhood lead exposure was higher in women who received the lead-exposure information from CHWs than those who did not. This highlights the effectiveness of CHWs in delivering necessary health information to rural communities.
Link: Making the invisible visible: Developing and evaluating an intervention to raise awareness and reduce lead exposure among children and their caregivers in rural Bangladesh
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Resource Topic: Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2021
Region: Asia
Country: Bangladesh
Publisher May Restrict Access: No