Improving facility performance in infectious disease care in Uganda: a mixed design study with pre/post and cluster randomized trial components.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The effects of two interventions, Integrated Management of Infectious Disease (IMID) training program and On-Site Support (OSS), were tested on 23 facility performance indicators for emergency triage assessment and treatment (ETAT), malaria, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and HIV.

Methods

The trial was implemented in 36 primary care facilities in Uganda. From April 2010, two mid-level practitioners per facility participated in IMID training. Eighteen of 36 facilities were randomly assigned to Arm A, and received OSS in 2010 (nine monthly two-day sessions); 18 facilities assigned to Arm B did not receive OSS in 2010. Data were collected from Nov 2009 to Dec 2010 using a revised Ministry of Health outpatient medical form and nine registers. We analyzed the effect of IMID

SUBMITTER: Weaver MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4136733 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature