A training approach for community maternal health volunteers that builds sustainable capacity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3885813 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cathy Green (0000-0003-4433-6385, Walgreens (United States), corresponding author), Miniratu Soyoola, Mary Surridge, Dynes Kaluba |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 948-959 |
| Publication date | 2014-11-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09614524.2014.957165 |
| OpenAlex | W2045699736 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
This article examines a training approach for community health volunteers which increased access to maternal health services in rural communities in Zambia. The effectiveness of the training approach was evaluated in an operations research component. Skilled birth attendance rates increased by 63% from baseline over a two-year period in the intervention districts, out-performing increases recorded in control sites at statistically significant levels. As a low-cost, high-impact intervention which shows good sustainability potential, the approach is suitable for national level scale-up and for adaptation for use in other countries in support of maternal and new-born health goals
Attendance · Business · Community health · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Health care · Health services · Impact evaluation · Maternal health · Political science · Population · Socioeconomics · Sustainability · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |