Yen Chian Lim's research while affiliated with University of Washington Seattle and other places

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Background: Since the early 2010s, there has been a push to enhance the capacity to effectively treat wasting in children through community-based service delivery models and thus reduce morbidity and mortality. Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of identification and treatment of moderate and severe wasting in children aged five years or un...
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Background: Community-based primary-level workers (PWs) are an important strategy for addressing gaps in mental health service delivery in low- and middle-income countries. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness of PW-led treatments for persons with mental health symptoms in LMICs, compared to usual care. SEARCH METHODS: MEDLINE, Embase, CENTRA...

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... Community health workers, for instance, have served many such purposes, from implementing access to cancer treatments to infectious disease treatments to health information. 21,22 However, different factors may in uence a community's willingness to learn and ultimately execute life-saving skills in acute situations in community settings. Our understanding of the factors that drive community willingness to learn and perform CPR, for instance, are limited, and no universal instrument has been validated to assess such variables of in uence. ...
... The results of the conclusions from material and media experts concluded that the product developed was suitable for use. Revisions were made based on suggestions for improvement provided by experts, namely relating to adjusting the material prepared to the objectives of the planned module, adding material about early detection of stunting, presentation layout, using language that is easy to understand, cover layout and title on the cover 10 . The implementation stage is the stage where the module is used by potential users, namely Health cadres. ...