A blended curriculum to improve student community health officers' competencies in newborn infection prevention and control.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infections contribute significantly to neonatal mortality in Nigeria. Community health officers (CHOs) provide maternal, newborn and child health services at the primary health care level. However, newborn infection prevention and control (NB-IPC) is not included in their current training curriculum, which has little innovation in teaching methods. This study assessed the effectiveness of a blended curriculum on NB-IPC in improving the competencies of student CHOs.

Methods

This pre- and post-test study was conducted in the CHO training school of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), which has 70 students enrolled. We developed and implemented a blended curriculum on NB-IPC using Kern's six-step framework. Twelve videos were recorded of content experts teachin

SUBMITTER: Balogun M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10142393 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature