Open AccessEvaluation through outbreak simulation exercise points to the need for considerable improvement in the capacity of peripheral health workers for outbreak detection and response, South India, 2018
Author(s) -
Karishma Krishna Kurup,
Manickam Ponnaiah,
Prakash Muthuperumal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1702_20
Subject(s) - outbreak , medicine , interquartile range , epidemiology , environmental health , public health , surgery , nursing , pathology
Outbreaks are emergencies, requiring skilled peripheral health workers in the health system. Given the lack of evaluation of the knowledge and practices of peripheral health workers regarding outbreak investigation and response, we surveyed to estimate the performance level of health workers in outbreak detection and response.