Under-five mortality before and after implementation of the Liberia National Community Health Assistant (NCHA) program: A study protocol.
Dominik JockersRichard NgafuanTill BaernighausenAlbert KessleyEmily E WhiteAvi KennyJohn KraemerJohn GeedehJeffrey RozelleLeah HolmesHawa ObajeSylvester WhehJon PedersenMark J SiednerSavior MendinMarion SubahLisa R HirschhornPublished in: PloS one (2024)
Between 2018 and 2022 the Liberian Government implemented the National Community Health Assistant (NCHA) program to improve provision of maternal and child health care to underserved rural areas of the country. Whereas the contributions of this and similar community health worker (CHW) based healthcare programs have been associated with improved process measures, the impact of a governmental CHW program at scale on child mortality has not been fully established. We will conduct a cluster sampled, community-based survey with landmark event calendars to retrospectively assess child births and deaths among all children born to women in the Grand Bassa District of Liberia. We will use a mixed effects Cox proportional hazards model, taking advantage of the staggered program implementation in Grand Bassa districts over a period of 4 years to compare rates of under-5 child mortality between the pre- and post-NCHA program implementation periods. This study will be the first to estimate the impact of the Liberian NCHA program on under-5 mortality.
Keyphrases
- quality improvement
- healthcare
- cardiovascular events
- mental health
- study protocol
- risk factors
- primary care
- randomized controlled trial
- clinical trial
- type diabetes
- pregnant women
- south africa
- pregnancy outcomes
- metabolic syndrome
- cardiovascular disease
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- physical activity
- body mass index
- insulin resistance
- social media
- double blind
- health insurance
- placebo controlled