Determinants of evidence use by frontline maternal, newborn and child health staff in selected health facilities in Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The current paper examines the level of use of evidence and factors affecting the use of evidence by frontline maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) and reproductive and child health (RCH) staff in practice decisions in selected health facilities in Ghana.

Methods

Data on use of evidence and its correlates was collected from 509 frontline healthcare staff drawn from 44 health facilities in three regions in Ghana. Means were used to examine the level of use of evidence, whiles cross-tabulations and Partial Least Squares-based regression were used to examine factors associated with the use of evidence in practice decisions by frontline MNCH/RCH staff.

Findings

The findings suggest a high level of use of evidence by frontline MNCH/RCH staff in practice dec

SUBMITTER: Abekah-Nkrumah G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9238001 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature