Open AccessCOVID-19: How Can Doulas Support Pandemic Control?
Author(s) -
Sitratullah O Maiyegun,
Korede K Yusuf,
Deepa Dongarwar,
Sahra Ibrahimi,
Chioma Ikedionwu,
Hamisu M. Salihu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of translational medical research and public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2576-9502
pISSN - 2576-9499
DOI - 10.21106/ijtmrph.337
Subject(s) - pandemic , license , covid-19 , population , attribution , workforce , public health , curriculum , work (physics) , medicine , political science , economic growth , psychology , nursing , environmental health , economics , engineering , disease , social psychology , mechanical engineering , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
COVID-19 represents a great threat to public health in the 21st century so far, with the maternal and child (MCH) population being particularly vulnerable. With the healthcare workforce getting overwhelmed by a resurgence of cases, task-shifting approaches are a viable option to address the acute shortage of personnel for epidemic intelligence assignments related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We propose an intensive and short-duration curriculum to train Doulas versed in MCH epidemic intelligence and capable of reducing the burden of COVID-19 and its consequences on the MCH population. The effectiveness of the proposed curriculum will be monitored using a rapid-cycle evaluative approach to ascertain progressive enhancement over time. Copyright © 2021 Maiyegun, et al. Published by Global Health and Education Projects, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in this journal, is properly cited.