Community based integrated wound care: Results of a pilot formative research conducted in Benin and Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa.

ABSTRACT: Appropriate treatment of chronic wounds is priority in the management of Neglected Tropical Skin Diseases (NTSDs) and non-communicable diseases. We describe an integrated, community-based wound care pilot project carried out in Benin and Cote d'Ivoire that entailed both outreach education and evidence based wound care training for nurses staffing rural clinics. This research was carried out by a transdisciplinary research. Following the collection of baseline data on wound care at home and in clinics, an innovative pilot project was developed based on a critical assessment of baseline data in three parts: a pragmatic nurse training program; mass community cultural sensitive outreach programs and a mobile consultation. It came out from our investigation that several dangerous homecare and i

SUBMITTER: Wadagni ACA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10857723 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature