Long and short Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) training courses in Afghanistan: a cross-sectional cohort comparison of post-course knowledge and performance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2003 the Afghan Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) adopted the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) for delivering child health services in primary care facilities. Key problems were subsequently identified: high cost of training, frequent health worker turnover and poor quality of IMCI implementation by those trained - specifically in the use of job aids and protocols for assessment, classification, treatment and counselling. The high financial, human resources and opportunity costs of implementing IMCI spurred the MoPH to prioritize developing a shortened IMCI course of comparable quality to the 11-Day training.

Methods

This cross-sectional evaluation compared knowledge before and after training, and health worker performance in assessment, classif

SUBMITTER: Mayhew M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4357981 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature