Achieving child survival goals: potential contribution of community health workers  

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Haines, Andy ; Sanders, David ; Lehmann, Uta ; Rowe, Alexander K. ; Lawn, Joy E. ; Jan, Steve ; Walker, Daminan G. ; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Lancet (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 369 no. 9579 (Jun. 2007), page 2121.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: L01.K.2007.03 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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There is renewed interest in the potential contribution of community health workers to child survival. Community health workers can undertake various tasks, including case management of childhood illnesses (eg, pneumonia, malaria, and neonatal sepsis) and delivery of preventive interventions such as immunisation, promotion of healthy behaviour, and mobilisation of communities. Several trials show substantial reductions in child mortality, particularly through case management of ill children by these types of community interventions. However, community health workers are not a panacea for weak health systems and will need focussed tasks, adequate remuneration, training, supervision, and the active involvement of the communities in which they work. The introduction of large-scale programmes for community health workers requires evaluation to document the impact on child survival and cost effectiveness and to elucidate factors associated with success and sustainability.

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