Improved care and survival in severe malnutrition through eLearning.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scaling up improved management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has been identified as the nutrition intervention with the greatest potential to reduce child mortality but it requires improved operational capacity.

Objective

To investigate whether an eLearning course, which can be used at scale in resource-poor countries, leads to improved diagnosis, clinical management and survival of children with SAM.

Design

A 2-year preintervention and postintervention study between January 2015 and February 2017.

Setting

Eleven healthcare facilities: nine in Ghana, one in Guatemala, and one in El Salvador.

Intervention

Scenario-based eLearning course 'Caring for infants and young children with severe malnutrition'.

Main outcome measures

Identific

SUBMITTER: Choi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6951232 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature