Feasibility and acceptability of home-based neonatal hyperbilirubinemia screening by community health workers using transcutaneous bilimeters in Bangladesh

• Main Authors: Mahbubur Rahman (Author), Farjana Jahan (Author), Sk Masum Billah (Author), Farzana Yeasmin (Author), Musarrat Jabeen Rahman (Author), Tania Jahir (Author), Sarker Masud Parvez (Author), Jyoti Bhushan Das (Author), Ruhul Amin (Author), Khobair Hossain (Author), Hannah Grant (Author), Rezaul Hasan (Author), Gary L. Darmstadt (Author), Md. Mahbubul Hoque (Author), Mohammod Shahidullah (Author), Muhammad Shariful Islam (Author), Sabina Ashrafee (Author), Eric M. Foote (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Universal screening for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia risk assessment is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics to reduce related morbidity. In Bangladesh and in many low- and middle-income countries, there is no screening for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Furthermore, ne...