Using community health workers to refer pregnant women and young children to health care facilities in rural West Bengal, India: A prospective cohort study
Wagner A, Xia L, Ghosh A, Datta S, Pandey P, Santra S, Chattopadhyay S, Nandi U, Mazumder T, Joshi S, Pal J, Mukherjee B. Using community health workers to refer pregnant women and young children to health care facilities in rural West Bengal, India: A prospective cohort study. PLOS ONE 2018, 13: e0199607. PMID: 29928057, PMCID: PMC6013192, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199607.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultChild, PreschoolCommunity Health WorkersDeveloping CountriesDevelopmental DisabilitiesFeasibility StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIndiaInfantLongitudinal StudiesMaleMothersPatient Acceptance of Health CarePregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsProspective StudiesReferral and ConsultationRisk FactorsRural PopulationVulnerable PopulationsYoung AdultConceptsCommunity health workersCommunity health worker visitsHealth behaviorsMothers of young childrenHealth careHealth workersPregnant womenHealth of vulnerable populationsOverall health behaviorsPositive health outcomesPreventive health careRisk of pregnancy-related complicationsRural areasHealth care facilitiesEarly childhood developmental delaysMothers of childrenRural areas of IndiaYoung childrenChildhood developmental delayPregnancy-related complicationsHealth outcomesCare facilitiesMedical characteristicsRe-contactedCare