Where there is no Doctor: Can Volunteer Community Health Workers in Rural Uganda Provide Integrated Community Case Management?

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dc.contributor.authorBrenner, Jennifer L.
dc.contributor.authorBarigye, Celestine
dc.contributor.authorKabakyenga, Jerome
dc.contributor.authorKyomuhangi, Teddy
dc.contributor.authorNatukwatsa, Amon
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-09T13:59:17Z
dc.date.available2023-02-09T13:59:17Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIntegrated community case management (iCCM) involves assessment and treatment of common childhood illnesses by community health workers (CHWs). Evaluation of a new Ugandan iCCM program is needed. The objectives of this study were to assess if iCCM by lay volunteer CHWs is feasible and if iCCM would increase proportions of children treated for fever, pneumonia, and diarrhoea in rural Uganda. This pre/post study used a quasi-experimental design and non-intervention comparison community. CHWs were selected, trained, and equipped to assess and treat children under five years with signs of the three illnesses. Evaluation included CHW-patient encounter record review plus analysis of pre/post household surveys. 196 iCCM-trained CHWs reported 6,276 sick child assessments (45% fever, 46% pneumonia, 9% diarrhoea). 93% of cases were managed according to algorithm recommendations. Absolute proportions of children receiving treatment significantly increased post-intervention: antimalarial for fever (+24% intervention versus +4% control) and oral rehydration salts/zinc for diarrhoea (+14% intervention versus +1% control). In our limited-resource, rural Ugandan setting, iCCM involving lay CHWs was feasible and significantly increased the proportion of young children treated for malaria and diarrhoea.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBrenner, J. L., Barigye, C., Maling, S., Kabakyenga, J., Nettel-Aguirre, A., Buchner, D., ... & Singhal, N. (2017). Where there is no doctor: can volunteer community health workers in rural Uganda provide integrated community case management?. African health sciences, 17(1), 237-246.https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v17i1.29en_US
dc.identifier.issn1729-0503
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/7677
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAfrican health sciencesen_US
dc.subjectmaternal healthen_US
dc.subjectchild healthen_US
dc.subjectcommunity health workeren_US
dc.subjectintegrated community case managementen_US
dc.titleWhere there is no Doctor: Can Volunteer Community Health Workers in Rural Uganda Provide Integrated Community Case Management?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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