Open AccessA Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Health Worker Adherence to Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Guidelines in Benin
Author(s) -
Alexander K. Rowe,
Faustin Onikpo,
Marcel Lama,
Dawn M. Osterholt,
Samantha Rowe,
Michael S. Deming
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2008.134411
Subject(s) - medicine , integrated management of childhood illness , intervention (counseling) , randomized controlled trial , guideline , family medicine , health care , developing country , incentive , nursing , environmental health , population , health services , microeconomics , surgery , pathology , economic growth , economics
We evaluated an intervention to support health workers after training in Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), a strategy that can improve outcomes for children in developing countries by encouraging workers' use of evidence-based guidelines for managing the leading causes of child mortality.