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. 2014 Aug 4;9(8):e104027. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104027

Table 1. Curriculum Topics.

Session # Topics
1 Community engagement and interacting with families, roles and responsibility of CHW, Importance of home based maternal and newborn care, importance of a birth plan, ANC, facility delivery
2 Normal pregnancy, human reproductive physiology, danger signs in pregnancy, importance of ANC, facility delivery, know HIV status, tetanus immunization
3 Assessment of the newborn, danger signs in newborns, how to do referrals and home visits,
4 Immediate care of newborns, kangaroo care, cord care,
5 Breast feeding and general nutrition for pregnant woman and feeding of infants
6 Post pregnancy care, danger signs after delivery, family planning, data collection for CHWs and linkages with health system