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The Home Based Management of Young Infants (HBMYI) was a research study intended to study the effectiveness of a package of home-based interventions, delivered by a village-based worker, in reducing mortality of neonates and young infants (<60 days) in rural communities through a multi-site field trial.
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In Rajasthan, Rajsamand district was chosen in consultation with state and district authorities as it had neonatal mortality above 40 per 1000 births and more than 70 percent of deliveries occurred at home. A baseline study undertaken at the beginning of the study helped to assess the outcome and impact of the interventions. Teenage, first-time and illiterate mothers, and those from SC\/ST and OBC communities exhibited the highest NMR in the baseline study.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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study was undertaken across four PHC areas of the district which followed two approaches- in two PHC areas village based female workers called shishu rakshaks (SR) were employed while in other two PHC areas anganwadi workers (AWW) have been trained to provide home-based care. The SR\/AWW visited the families during pregnancy, delivery and 8 times during the first postpartum month. She educated the mother & family on newborn care and feeding, detected problems and managed or referred to them. This is carried out with extensive support from ARTH, ICDS and the health department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over four years of the HBMYI implementation period (2004-2008), NMR decreased from 77.3 to 37.7 in the intervention area. This study demonstrated the feasibility of offering home based management of young infants from locally trained women in reducing NMR in rural\/low resource settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Teenage, first-time and illiterate mothers, and those from SC\/ST and OBC communities exhibited the highest NMR in the baseline study. study was undertaken across four PHC areas of the district which followed two approaches- in two PHC areas village based female workers called shishu rakshaks (SR) were employed while in other two PHC areas anganwadi workers (AWW) have been trained to provide home-based care. The SR\/AWW visited the families during pregnancy, delivery and 8 times during the first postpartum month. She educated the mother & family on newborn care and feeding, detected problems and managed or referred to them. This is carried out with extensive support from ARTH, ICDS and the health department. Over four years of the HBMYI implementation period (2004-2008), NMR decreased from 77.3 to 37.7 in the intervention area. 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