Assessing the Quality of Sick Child Care Provided by Community Health Workers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As community case management of childhood illness expands in low-income countries, there is a need to assess the quality of care provided by community health workers. This study had the following objectives: 1) examine methods of recruitment of sick children for assessment of quality of care, 2) assess the validity of register review (RR) and direct observation only (DO) compared to direct observation with re-examination (DO+RE), and 3) assess the effect of observation on community health worker performance.

Methods

We conducted a survey to assess the quality of care provided by Ethiopian Health Extension Workers (HEWs). The sample of children was obtained through spontaneous consultation, HEW mobilization, or recruitment by the survey team. We assessed patient ch

SUBMITTER: Miller NP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4638333 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature