A community health worker-led program to improve access to gestational diabetes screening in urban slums of Pune, India: Results from a mixed methods study.

• Main Authors: Puja Chebrolu (Author), Andrea Chalem (Author), Matthew Ponticiello (Author), Kathryn Broderick (Author), Arthi Vaidyanathan (Author), Rachel Lorenc (Author), Vaishali Kulkarni (Author), Ashlesha Onawale (Author), Jyoti S Mathad (Author), Radhika Sundararajan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The World Health Organization recommends all pregnant women receive screening for gestational diabetes (GDM) with a fasting oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). However, very few women receive recommended screening in resource-limited countries like India. We implemented a community health worker (CH...