The added value of a mobile application of Community Case Management on referral, re-consultation and hospitalization rates of children aged under 5 years in two districts in Northern Malawi: study protocol for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge cluster-randomized controlled trial

The added value of a mobile application of Community Case Management on referral, re-consultation and hospitalization rates of children aged under 5 years in two districts in Northern Malawi: study protocol for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge cluster-randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background There is evidence to suggest that frontline community health workers in Malawi are under-referring children to higher-level facilities. Integrating a digitized version of paper-based methods of Community Case Management (CCM) could strengthen delivery, increasing urgent referral...

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Main Authors: Victoria Hardy, Yvonne O’Connor, Ciara Heavin, Nikolaos Mastellos, Tammy Tran, John O’Donoghue, Annette L. Fitzpatrick, Nicole Ide, Tsung-Shu Joseph Wu, Griphin Baxter Chirambo, Adamson S. Muula, Moffat Nyirenda, Sven Carlsson, Bo Andersson, Matthew Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Integrated management for childhood illness (IMCI)
Community health workers
Child health
Infectious diseases
mHealth
Malawi
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-017-2213-z

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