Key challenges of health care workers in implementing the integrated management of childhood illnesses (IMCI) program: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Background: Several evaluative studies demonstrate that a well-coordinated Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) program can reduce child mortality. However, there is dearth of information on how frontline providers perceive IMCI and how, in their view, the program is implemented and how it could be refined and revitalized.Purpose: To determine the key challenges affecting IMCI implementation from the perspective of health care workers (HCWs) in primary health care facilities.Methods: A scoping review based on the five-step framework of Arskey and O'Malley was utilized to identify key challenges faced by HCWs implementing the IMCI program in primary health care facilities. A comprehensive search of peer-reviewed literature through PubMed, ScienceDirect, E

SUBMITTER: Renosa MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7067189 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature