title: ASHAs involvement in newborn care: a feasibility study.
abstract: We assessed the feasibility of involvement of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) in newborn care. All the ASHAs (n = 33) of PHC Dayalpur, Faridabad district of Haryana were trained for one day which was followed by two refresher trainings. The mean (SD) knowledge score (out of 11) of ASHAs were 6.45 (2.44), 6.50 (2.01), 7.45 (1.36) and 7.15 (1.27) at pre-training, immediately after training, and after three and six months, respectively. Four fifth (83%) of the newborns born at home were weighed within 3 days of birth. About half (44%) of ASHAs weighed the neonates within ± 250 grams of the weight recorded by the author. We conclude that ASHAs could be involved in providing care for newborn. However, such efforts should ensure a stronger focus on skill development and practical experience.
authors: Centre for Community Medicine and Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. kanandiyer@yahoo.com
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Stalin
authors: Anand
authors: A
authors: Krishnan
authors: Sanjay K
authors: SK
authors: Rai
authors: Ramesh K
authors: RK
authors: Agarwal
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007229:Infant Welfare; D007231:Infant, Newborn