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Publication Date:
31/03/2016

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Assessing the quality of care for pneumonia in integrated community case management: A cross-sectional mixed methods study
Author(s): Chomba Sinyangwe, Kirstie Graham, Sarala Nicholas, Rebecca King, Samuel Mukupa, Karin Källander, Helen Counihan , Mark Montague, James Tibenderana, Prudence Hamade

Publication Date:
31/03/2016
Type:
Journal article

Background

Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of mortality in children under five worldwide. Community-level interventions, such as integrated community case management, have great potential to reduce the burden of pneumonia, as well as other diseases, especially in remote populations. However, there are still questions as to whether community health workers (CHW) are able to accurately assess symptoms of pneumonia and prescribe appropriate treatment. This research addresses limitations of previous studies using innovative methodology to assess the accuracy of respiratory rate measurement by CHWs and provides new evidence on the quality of care given for children with symptoms of pneumonia. It is one of few that assesses CHW performance in their usual setting, with independent re-examination by experts, following a considerable period of time post-training of CHWs.

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Country: Zambia

Keywords: Community delivery | Child and maternal health | Pneumonia | Case management | Diagnosis | iCCM | SDG3

Diseases: Pneumonia

 

 

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