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

Author(s) -

Gary L. Darmstadt

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

bulletin of the world health organization

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1564-0604

pISSN - 0042-9686

DOI - 10.2471/blt.07.050666

Subject(s) - medicine , referral , gold standard (test) , illness severity , breastfeeding , integrated management of childhood illness , community health workers , predictive value , rural community , severity of illness , community health , pediatrics , family medicine , emergency medicine , population , public health , environmental health , nursing , health services , demography , sociology

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.

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