Authors: Harish Kumar, Rajat Khanna, Varun Alwadhi, Ashfaq Ahmed Bhat, Anil Nagendra, Prasant Kumar Saboth, Sutapa B Neogi, Ajay Khera
Child malnutrition remains a serious global concern. The authors of this study investigate whether frequent home health visits by a CHW in the first year of a child’s life improve the nutritional status of children. The study found statistically significant benefits to frequent home health visits by a CHW within the first year of a child’s life. This determined that frequent contact with the home health care professionals may result in improvement but further research must be done.
Link: Tracking Weight-for-Age of Infants Using Home Based Newborn Care Plus by ASHA Workers
Resource Topic: Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Nutrition, malnutrition
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2021
Region: Asia
Country: India
Publisher May Restrict Access: No