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

• Main Authors: Gary L Darmstadt (Author), Abdullah H Baqui (Author), Yoonjoung Choi (Author), Sanwarul Bari (Author), Syed M Rahman (Author), Ishtiaq Mannan (Author), ASM Nawshad Uddin Ahmed (Author), Samir K Saha (Author), Radwanur Rahman (Author), Stephanie Chang (Author), Peter J Winch (Author), Robert E Black (Author), Mathuram Santosham (Author), Shams El Arifeen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...