The know-do gap in quality of health care for childhood diarrhea and pneumonia in rural India.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In rural India, as in many developing countries, childhood mortality remains high and the quality of health care available is low. Improving care in such settings, where most health care practitioners do not have formal training, requires an assessment of the practitioners' knowledge of appropriate care and the actual care delivered (the know-do gap).

Objective

To assess the knowledge of local health care practitioners and the quality of care provided by them for childhood diarrhea and pneumonia in rural Bihar, India.

Design, setting, and participants

We conducted an observational, cross-sectional study of the knowledge and practice of 340 health care practitioners concerning the diagnosis and treatment of childhood diarrhea and pneumonia in Bihar, India, f

SUBMITTER: Mohanan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5023324 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature