Caregivers' compliance with referral advice: evidence from two studies introducing mRDTs into community case management of malaria in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several malaria endemic countries have implemented community health worker (CHW) programmes to increase access to populations underserved by health care. There is considerable evidence on CHW adherence to case management guidelines, however, there is limited evidence on the compliance to referral advice and the outcomes of children under-5 referred by CHWs. This analysis examined whether caregivers complied with CHWs referral advice.

Methods

Data from two cluster (village) randomised trials, one in a moderate-to-high malaria transmission setting, another in a low-transmission setting conducted between January 2010-July 2011 were analysed. CHW were trained to recognise signs and symptoms that required referral to a health centre. CHW in the intervention arm also ha

SUBMITTER: Lal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5932808 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature