Effectiveness of Village Health Volunteers/Workers Working as Male-Female Pairs on Women’s Use of Postnatal Care Services in Sepone District in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: A Protocol for a Quasi-experimental Cluster Study
The findings of this study will guide the Lao government's strategy to involve both male and female VHVs/VHWs in primary healthcare according to the 2019 Primary Health Care Policy.
Authors
- Tiengkham Pongvongsa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4620-2911)
- Inthanomchanh Vongphoumy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3410-541X)
- Jun Kobayashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3807-0963)
- Khampheng Phongluxa
- Sengchanh Kounnavong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5766-5941)
- Daisuke Nonaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6793-2062)
- Manami Uehara
- Noudéhouénou Credo Adelphe Ahissou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5727-318X)
- Khamtoun Ounlienvongsack
Institutions
- Save the Children (US)
- University of the Ryukyus (JP)
- National Institute of Public Health (LA)
- Primary Health Care (QA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-04-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.82786
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00