Authors: Sérgio C Lopes, António J Cabral and Bruno de Sousa
With a shortage of health human resources in Guinea-Bissau, CHWs play an essential role in the diagnosis and treatment of childhood diarrheal diseases. This paper seeks to evaluate the short-term effects of training on CHWs’ performance diagnosing and treating diarrheal diseases in children under 5 years old and the accuracy of such diagnosis at 1 and 3 months after training.
Link: Community health workers: to train or to restrain? A longitudinal survey to assess the impact of training community health worke
Resource Topic: CHW Role, Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Program Evaluation, Training
Resource Type: Best practices, Evaluation, Journal articles, Research
Year: 2014
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Country: Guinea-Bissau
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