Capacity building of healthcare workers: Key step towards elimination of viral hepatitis in developing countries
العنوان: | Capacity building of healthcare workers: Key step towards elimination of viral hepatitis in developing countries |
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المؤلفون: | Madhavi Verma, Sarita Ahwal, Sapna Chauhan, Seena Babu, Akanksha Bansal, Archana Ramalingam, Aayushi Rastogi |
المصدر: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 6, p e0253539 (2021) |
بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science, 2021. |
سنة النشر: | 2021 |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | RNA viruses, Male, Epidemiology, Gastroenterology and hepatology, Health Care Providers, Social Sciences, Nurses, Hepacivirus, Hepatitis, Psychological Attitudes, Surveys and Questionnaires, Health care, Medicine and Health Sciences, Psychology, Medical Personnel, Pathology and laboratory medicine, Multidisciplinary, Transmission (medicine), Hepatitis C virus, Risk of infection, Capacity building, Hepatitis A, Medical microbiology, Middle Aged, Hepatitis B, Infectious hepatitis, Professions, Viruses, Medicine, Infectious diseases, Health education, Education, Medical, Continuing, Female, Pathogens, Viral hepatitis, Research Article, Medical conditions, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis, Viral, Human, Science, Health Personnel, education, MEDLINE, Developing country, Viral diseases, Microbiology, medicine, Humans, Developing Countries, Liver diseases, Flaviviruses, business.industry, Viral pathogens, Organisms, Biology and Life Sciences, medicine.disease, Hepatitis viruses, Microbial pathogens, Health Care, Family medicine, Medical Risk Factors, People and Places, Population Groupings, business |
الوصف: | Background Lack of awareness about viral hepatitis (VH) potentially predisposes the healthcare workers (HCWs) to a higher risk of infection and may in turn increase the risk of transmission of the infection to their families and in the community. Thus, combating VH, requires adequate and updated training to the HCWs. With this objective, Project PRAKASH designed a meticulously planned training program, aimed to assess the effect of a one-day training on VH among in-service nurses. Methods and material The content and schedule of scientific sessions of the training program were decided by subject experts to improve knowledge, attitude and practice(KAP) related to VH among in-service nurses. A 54-item questionnaire divided into four domains: Transmission and Risk Factors; Prevention; Treatment; Pathophysiology and Disease Progression were used to assess the KAP related to VH. The questionnaire consisted of four sections: demographic details, knowledge(30-items), attitude(12-items) and practice(12-itmes) with a total score of 30, 60 and 24 respectively in each section. The pre-post knowledge assessment was done and impact assessment survey was undertaken among the participants who completed six months post-training period. Paired-t-test was used to assess the effect of training on knowledge using SPSSv-22. Results A total of 5253 HCWs were trained through 32 one-day trainings, however data for 4474 HCWs was included in final pre-post knowledge analysis after removing the missing/incomplete data. Mean age of participants was 33.7±8.4 with median experience of 8(IQR: 3–13). Mean improvement in knowledge score was found to be significant (p Conclusion The one-day training programs helped the in-service nurses to enhance their knowledge related to viral hepatitis. The study provided a roadmap to combating viral hepatitis through health education among HCWs about viral hepatitis. |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 1932-6203 |
URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::0a0aaf3ca27d166652f327dca2c9e1ca http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC8224969 |
حقوق: | OPEN |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....0a0aaf3ca27d166652f327dca2c9e1ca |
قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
تدمد: | 19326203 |
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