The know-do gap in sick child care in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While health care provider knowledge is a commonly used measure for process quality of care, evidence demonstrates that providers don't always perform as much as they know. We describe this know-do gap for malaria care for sick children among providers in Ethiopia and examine what may predict this gap.

Methods

We use a 2014 nationally-representative survey of Ethiopian providers that includes clinical knowledge vignettes of malaria care and observations of care provided to children in facilities. We compare knowledge and performance of assessment, treatment and counseling items and overall. We subtract performance scores from knowledge and use regression analysis to examine what facility and provider characteristics predict the gap. 512 providers that completed th

SUBMITTER: Gage AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6291134 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature