2018
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-018-1332-x
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Abstract: BackgroundThe potential role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in improving maternal and child health outcomes, particularly in low and middle-income countries and in disadvantaged communities, is receiving increased attention. Adequate and focused training is among the key requisites for enhancing CHWs performances and research is necessary to identify effective training methods.MethodsA randomized controlled study was designed to assess the effectiveness of a training course in improving knowledge, attitude… Show more

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“…However, these increases were not as significant as the increases in knowledge scores. This finding is congruent with a similar study by Melo E Lima et al (2018). Furthermore, an increase in knowledge scores may also translate into increased scores for practices at posttest.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
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“…However, these increases were not as significant as the increases in knowledge scores. This finding is congruent with a similar study by Melo E Lima et al (2018). Furthermore, an increase in knowledge scores may also translate into increased scores for practices at posttest.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Including monitoring visits as part of the educational intervention did not show a positive effect in terms of increasing knowledge or practice scores. Studies have been done to investigate the effect of educational interventions on healthcare professionals' knowledge in various healthcare contexts (Abu Farha et al, 2018; Melo E Lima et al, 2018; Patel et al, 2015). However, studies including an educational intervention on sepsis related to mechanical ventilation in the adult public ICUs are scarce.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There also seems to be a consensus in the literature about the role of community health workers as a link between the community and PHC units, reinforcing this bond and favoring the adherence of mothers and children to health services, especially with regards to addressing malnutrition and providing health education actions [43,44,45]. However, we did not nd articles addressing the role of the nursing technician/assistant regarding the studied outcome.…”
Section: Workforce Availabilitymentioning
confidence: 82%
“…Community Health Workers (CHWs) are fundamental agents for linking the health team to the community [45]. These welltrained professionals reduce maternal and child morbimortality [44] and assist in achieving the best health team performance [43]. The training of community health workers for MCH care, seeking a better response to the needs of the population, improved access to care and life expectancy indicators at birth, as well as child and maternal mortality rates [47].…”
Section: Monitoring and Evaluationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the analysis of the KAP questionnaire, a score of 1 was given to the two answers closer to the correct one and a score of 0 to the remaining ones, except for one practice question for which there was only one right answer. In line with other similar surveys [ 26 ], missing answers were scored as incorrect. Adding up the results obtained for each question, a separate score for knowledge, attitudes and practices and an overall KAP score were calculated.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 89%