Skip to content

Deprecated: Function get_page_by_title is deprecated since version 6.2.0! Use WP_Query instead. in /var/www/vhosts/ideas.lshtm.ac.uk/httpdocs/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6031
Evidence shows that newborn lives can be saved through early postnatal home visits by community health workers.

A paper co-authored by Yared Amare, Pauline Scheelbeek and IDEAS team members Zelee Hill, Joanna Schellenberg, and Della Berhanu and published in BMC Public Health concludes that if timely postnatal home visits are to occur community health workers need realistic catchment areas that reflect their workload. Inaccessible areas may need their own community health workers. Good notification systems are essential, families will notify health workers if they have a clear reasons to do so, and more work is needed on how to ensure notification systems function.
Work ethic was a clear influencer on whether home visits occur, studies to date have focused on understanding the motivation of community health workers as a group, more studies on understanding motivation at an individual level are needed.

Authors

Profile picture of Professor Joanna Schellenberg
Professor Joanna Schellenberg

IDEAS Co-Principal Investigator and Professor

Profile picture of Dr Della Berhanu
Dr Della Berhanu

Assistant Professor


Deprecated: Function get_page_by_title is deprecated since version 6.2.0! Use WP_Query instead. in /var/www/vhosts/ideas.lshtm.ac.uk/httpdocs/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6031
Ethiopia
Deprecated: Function get_page_by_title is deprecated since version 6.2.0! Use WP_Query instead. in /var/www/vhosts/ideas.lshtm.ac.uk/httpdocs/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6031
General
Deprecated: Function get_page_by_title is deprecated since version 6.2.0! Use WP_Query instead. in /var/www/vhosts/ideas.lshtm.ac.uk/httpdocs/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6031
Understanding quality improvement
Deprecated: Function get_page_by_title is deprecated since version 6.2.0! Use WP_Query instead. in /var/www/vhosts/ideas.lshtm.ac.uk/httpdocs/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6031
Context
Deprecated: Function get_page_by_title is deprecated since version 6.2.0! Use WP_Query instead. in /var/www/vhosts/ideas.lshtm.ac.uk/httpdocs/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6031
Intervention coverage
Deprecated: Function get_page_by_title is deprecated since version 6.2.0! Use WP_Query instead. in /var/www/vhosts/ideas.lshtm.ac.uk/httpdocs/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6031
Research findings