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Table 1 Topics covered by day 3 postnatal checklist

From: Can a community health worker administered postnatal checklist increase health-seeking behaviors and knowledge?: evidence from a randomized trial with a private maternity facility in Kiambu County, Kenya

Maternal

Screening criteria

Health education

• Maternal infection (e.g. fever, mastitis)

• Secondary postnatal hemorrhage

• Postnatal Pre-eclampsia

• Anemia

• Danger signs for postnatal care-seeking

• Maternal nutrition

• Postnatal family planning

Newborn

Screening criteria

Health Education

• Insufficient breastfeeding/dehydration

• Jaundice (palms, soles, and eyes)

• Local infection (umbilical cord, eyes, and skin)

• Breathing difficulties

• Fever

• Hypothermia

• Breastfeeding

• Danger signs for newborn care-seeking

• Umbilical cord care

• Thermal care

• Hand hygiene