Authors: Justin R.Shinn, M. GeraldineZuniga, Ian Macharia, Jim Reppart, James L. Netterville, Asitha D.L. Jayawardena
This cross sectional study assesses the ability of community health worker (CHW) led program in Kenya. It aimed to establish CHWs are dependable hearing screening operators for a technology based pre-surgical hearing screening program. The CHWs underwent a short training course for the same.
Link: Community health workers obtain similar results using cell-phone based hearing screening tools compared to otolaryngologists
Resource Topic: CHW Role, Community Health Workers/Volunteers
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Year: 2019
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: Kenya
Publisher May Restrict Access: No
