How valid are women’s reports of the antenatal health services they receive from Community Health Workers in Gombe State north-eastern Nigeria?

• Published in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9
• Main Authors: Olal, Emmanuel, Umar, Nasir, Anyanti, Jennifer, Hill, Zelee, Marchant, Tanya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central 03.12.2022; BMC
• Subjects: Breastfeeding & lactation; Community health care; Community Health Workers; Counseling; Counselling skills; Data collection; Health education; Health services; Pregnancy; Questionnaires; Sample size; Skills; Validity; Validity of women's responses; Womens health; Nigeria

Abstract Background Community health workers (CHWs) in low- and middle-income countries are key to increasing coverage of maternal and newborn interventions through home visits to counsel families about healthy behaviours. Household surveys enable tracking the progress of CHW programmes but recent e...