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Use of mobile technology by frontline health workers to promote reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition: a cluster randomized controlled Trial in Bihar, India
BACKGROUND: mHealth technology holds promise for improving the effectiveness of frontline health workers (FLWs), who provide most health-related primary care services, especially reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition services (RMNCHN), in low-resource – especially hard-to-reach...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6875677/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31788233 http://dx.doi.org/10.7189/jogh.09.020424 |
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author | Carmichael, Suzan L Mehta, Kala Srikantiah, Sridhar Mahapatra, Tanmay Chaudhuri, Indrajit Balakrishnan, Ramkrishnan Chaturvedi, Sharad Raheel, Hina Borkum, Evan Trehan, Shamik Weng, Yingjie Kaimal, Rajani Sivasankaran, Anitha Sridharan, Swetha Rotz, Dana Tarigopula, Usha Kiran Bhattacharya, Debarshi Atmavilas, Yamini Pepper, Kevin T Rangarajan, Anu Darmstadt, Gary L |
author_facet | Carmichael, Suzan L Mehta, Kala Srikantiah, Sridhar Mahapatra, Tanmay Chaudhuri, Indrajit Balakrishnan, Ramkrishnan Chaturvedi, Sharad Raheel, Hina Borkum, Evan Trehan, Shamik Weng, Yingjie Kaimal, Rajani Sivasankaran, Anitha Sridharan, Swetha Rotz, Dana Tarigopula, Usha Kiran Bhattacharya, Debarshi Atmavilas, Yamini Pepper, Kevin T Rangarajan, Anu Darmstadt, Gary L |
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description | BACKGROUND: mHealth technology holds promise for improving the effectiveness of frontline health workers (FLWs), who provide most health-related primary care services, especially reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition services (RMNCHN), in low-resource – especially hard-to-reach – settings. Data are lacking, however, from rigorous evaluations of mHealth interventions on delivery of health services or on health-related behaviors and outcomes. METHODS: The Information Communication Technology-Continuum of Care Service (ICT-CCS) tool was designed for use by community-based FLWs to increase the coverage, quality and coordination of services they provide in Bihar, India. It consisted of numerous mobile phone-based job aids aimed to improve key RMNCHN-related behaviors and outcomes. ICT-CCS was implemented in Saharsa district, with cluster randomization at the health sub-center level. In total, evaluation surveys were conducted with approximately 1100 FLWs and 3000 beneficiaries who had delivered an infant in the previous year in the catchment areas of intervention and control health sub-centers, about half before implementation (mid-2012) and half two years afterward (mid-2014). Analyses included bivariate and difference-in-difference analyses across study groups. RESULTS: The ICT-CCS intervention was associated with more frequent coordination of AWWs with ASHAs on home visits and greater job confidence among ASHAs. The intervention resulted in an 11 percentage point increase in FLW antenatal home visits during the third trimester (P = 0.04). In the post-implementation period, postnatal home visits during the first week were increased in the intervention (72%) vs the control (60%) group (P < 0.01). The intervention also resulted in 13, 12, and 21 percentage point increases in skin-to-skin care (P < 0.01), breastfeeding immediately after delivery (P < 0.01), and age-appropriate complementary feeding (P < 0.01). FLW supervision and other RMNCHN behaviors were not significantly impacted. CONCLUSIONS: Important improvements in FLW home visits and RMNCHN behaviors were achieved. The ICT-CCS tool shows promise for facilitating FLW effectiveness in improving RMNCHN behaviors. |
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spelling | pubmed-68756772019-11-29 Use of mobile technology by frontline health workers to promote reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition: a cluster randomized controlled Trial in Bihar, India Carmichael, Suzan L Mehta, Kala Srikantiah, Sridhar Mahapatra, Tanmay Chaudhuri, Indrajit Balakrishnan, Ramkrishnan Chaturvedi, Sharad Raheel, Hina Borkum, Evan Trehan, Shamik Weng, Yingjie Kaimal, Rajani Sivasankaran, Anitha Sridharan, Swetha Rotz, Dana Tarigopula, Usha Kiran Bhattacharya, Debarshi Atmavilas, Yamini Pepper, Kevin T Rangarajan, Anu Darmstadt, Gary L J Glob Health Articles BACKGROUND: mHealth technology holds promise for improving the effectiveness of frontline health workers (FLWs), who provide most health-related primary care services, especially reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition services (RMNCHN), in low-resource – especially hard-to-reach – settings. Data are lacking, however, from rigorous evaluations of mHealth interventions on delivery of health services or on health-related behaviors and outcomes. METHODS: The Information Communication Technology-Continuum of Care Service (ICT-CCS) tool was designed for use by community-based FLWs to increase the coverage, quality and coordination of services they provide in Bihar, India. It consisted of numerous mobile phone-based job aids aimed to improve key RMNCHN-related behaviors and outcomes. ICT-CCS was implemented in Saharsa district, with cluster randomization at the health sub-center level. In total, evaluation surveys were conducted with approximately 1100 FLWs and 3000 beneficiaries who had delivered an infant in the previous year in the catchment areas of intervention and control health sub-centers, about half before implementation (mid-2012) and half two years afterward (mid-2014). Analyses included bivariate and difference-in-difference analyses across study groups. RESULTS: The ICT-CCS intervention was associated with more frequent coordination of AWWs with ASHAs on home visits and greater job confidence among ASHAs. The intervention resulted in an 11 percentage point increase in FLW antenatal home visits during the third trimester (P = 0.04). In the post-implementation period, postnatal home visits during the first week were increased in the intervention (72%) vs the control (60%) group (P < 0.01). The intervention also resulted in 13, 12, and 21 percentage point increases in skin-to-skin care (P < 0.01), breastfeeding immediately after delivery (P < 0.01), and age-appropriate complementary feeding (P < 0.01). FLW supervision and other RMNCHN behaviors were not significantly impacted. CONCLUSIONS: Important improvements in FLW home visits and RMNCHN behaviors were achieved. The ICT-CCS tool shows promise for facilitating FLW effectiveness in improving RMNCHN behaviors. Edinburgh University Global Health Society 2019-12 2019-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6875677/ /pubmed/31788233 http://dx.doi.org/10.7189/jogh.09.020424 Text en Copyright © 2019 by the Journal of Global Health. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
spellingShingle | Articles Carmichael, Suzan L Mehta, Kala Srikantiah, Sridhar Mahapatra, Tanmay Chaudhuri, Indrajit Balakrishnan, Ramkrishnan Chaturvedi, Sharad Raheel, Hina Borkum, Evan Trehan, Shamik Weng, Yingjie Kaimal, Rajani Sivasankaran, Anitha Sridharan, Swetha Rotz, Dana Tarigopula, Usha Kiran Bhattacharya, Debarshi Atmavilas, Yamini Pepper, Kevin T Rangarajan, Anu Darmstadt, Gary L Use of mobile technology by frontline health workers to promote reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition: a cluster randomized controlled Trial in Bihar, India |
title | Use of mobile technology by frontline health workers to promote reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition: a cluster randomized controlled Trial in Bihar, India |
title_full | Use of mobile technology by frontline health workers to promote reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition: a cluster randomized controlled Trial in Bihar, India |
title_fullStr | Use of mobile technology by frontline health workers to promote reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition: a cluster randomized controlled Trial in Bihar, India |
title_full_unstemmed | Use of mobile technology by frontline health workers to promote reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition: a cluster randomized controlled Trial in Bihar, India |
title_short | Use of mobile technology by frontline health workers to promote reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition: a cluster randomized controlled Trial in Bihar, India |
title_sort | use of mobile technology by frontline health workers to promote reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition: a cluster randomized controlled trial in bihar, india |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6875677/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31788233 http://dx.doi.org/10.7189/jogh.09.020424 |
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