Authors: Rowe SY, Olewe MA, Kleinbaum DG, McGowan JE Jr, McFarland DA, Rochat R, Deming MS.
This study aims to determine whether results from an evaluation that involved observation of community health workers while they performed patient consultations in a hospital reflected normal everyday practices. We found that community health workers made treatment errors less frequently when they were observed in a hospital in-patient or outpatient department than when they were not observed in the community. Evaluations that involve the observation of community health workers in a hospital setting might overestimate the quality of care that they normally give in their villages.
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Resource Topic: CHW Role, Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Performance management
Resource Type: Journal articles, Research
Year: 2006
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Country: Kenya
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