Pulse oximetry and oxygen services for the care of children with pneumonia attending frontline health facilities in Lagos, Nigeria (INSPIRING-Lagos): study protocol for a mixed-methods evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The aim of this evaluation is to understand whether introducing stabilisation rooms equipped with pulse oximetry and oxygen systems to frontline health facilities in Ikorodu, Lagos State, alongside healthcare worker (HCW) training improves the quality of care for children with pneumonia aged 0-59 months. We will explore to what extent, how, for whom and in what contexts the intervention works.

Methods and analysis

Quasi-experimental time-series impact evaluation with embedded mixed-methods process and economic evaluation.

Setting

seven government primary care facilities, seven private health facilities, two government secondary care facilities.

Target population

children aged 0-59 months with clinically diagnosed pneumonia and/or suspected or confi

SUBMITTER: Graham HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9062461 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature