Validation of community health workers' assessment of neonatal illness in rural Bangladesh

Validation of community health workers' assessment of neonatal illness in rural Bangladesh

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the validity (sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values) of a clinical algorithm as used by community health workers (CHWs) to detect and classify neonatal illness during routine household visits in rural Bangladesh. METHODS: CHWs evaluated breastfe...

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Main Authors: Gary L Darmstadt, Abdullah H Baqui, Yoonjoung Choi, Sanwarul Bari, Syed M Rahman, Ishtiaq Mannan, ASM Nawshad Uddin Ahmed, Samir K Saha, Radwanur Rahman, Stephanie Chang, Peter J Winch, Robert E Black, Mathuram Santosham, Shams El Arifeen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2009-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862009000100009&lng=en&tlng=en

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