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Background: About 10% of all newborns may have difficulty breathing and require support by trained personnel. In Peru, 90% of deliveries occur in health facilities. However, there is not a national neonatal resuscitation and certification program for the public health sector. In addition, the Andes and the Amazon regions concentrate large rural remote areas, which further limit the implementation of training programs and the accomplishment of continuous certification. Neonatal resuscitation training through the use of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) tools, running on computers, tablets or mobile phones, may overcome such limitations. This strategy allows online and offline access to educational resources, paving the way to more frequent and efficient training, and certification processes. Objective: To evaluate the effects of a neonatal resuscitation training and certification program that uses a Multi-Platform ICT (MP-ICT) strategy on neonatal health care in remote areas. Methods: We propose to conduct the study through a cluster-randomized trial, where the study and analysis unit is the health care facility. Eligible facilities will include primary and secondary health care level facilities that are located in provinces with neonatal mortality rates higher than 15 per 1,000 live births. We will compare the proportion of newborns with a heart rate ≥100 beats per minute at two minutes after birth in health care facilities that receive MP-ICT training and certification implementation, with those that receive standard training and certification. Discussion: We expect that the intervention will be shown as more effective than the current standard of care. We are prepared to include it within a national neonatal resuscitation training and certification program to be implemented at national scale together with policymakers and other key stakeholders. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Nº NCT03210194 Status of the study: This study is ongoing. Study protocol version 1.1 - March 31st, 2017.
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Objetivo Evaluar los conocimientos adquiridos por la consejería pretest para el VIH, en personas que acudieron a un hospital nacional de Lima, Perú. Método Estudio observacional descriptivo de corte transversal, que se realizó en 499 personas que acudieron a la Estrategia Sanitaria Nacional de Prevención y Control de ITS/VIH y SIDA, que fueron seleccionadas de manera probabilística de tipo intencional. Se aplicó una entrevista estructurada que utilizó un cuestionario validado por expertos con preguntas directas. Se definió como variable de conocimiento correcto a un puntaje ≥75 por ciento de respuestas correctas y como variable de conocimiento incorrecto a un puntaje <75 por ciento de respuestas incorrectas. Resultados El 64,1 por ciento (n = 320) de los encuestados fueron mujeres. El grupo de edad con mayor numero de respuestas correctas (40,3 por ciento, n=201) fue el de 22 a 28 años, (p<0,05). Las personas que acudieron por pareja con diagnóstico reciente de VIH/ SIDA, tuvieron mayor cantidad de respuestas correctas (12,3 en promedio). Los hombres alcanzaron un mayor nivel de conocimientos correctos (63,6 por ciento) en comparación con las mujeres (36,4 por ciento), (p<0,05). Solo 4,4 por ciento (n=22) del total, alcanzaron un nivel de conocimiento correcto. Conclusión El nivel de conocimiento adquirido con la consejería pretest en este hospital fue deficiente, no cumpliendo los objetivos de la misma. Se sugiere cambiar la metodología para que pueda aumentar la retención de información por las personas, y de esta manera reducir la morbi-mortalidad en ITS y VIH/ SIDA.
Objective Evaluating the knowledge acquired by the pre-test counselling programme in a national hospital in Lima Peru. Method A cross-sectional descriptive observational study was carried out on 499 patients attending the National STI/HIV Prevention and Control Sanitary Strategy service after they had been counselled. The patients were intentionally selected by probabilistic means. A questionnaire having direct questions was applied; it had been previously validated by experts. ≥75 percent of correct answers was defined as being a variable of correct knowledge and <75 percent of correct answers as incorrect knowledge. Results 64.1 percent (n=320) of the patients were female. The age group having a better level of knowledge after counselling was the 22-28 year old group, 40.3 percent (n=201) (p<0.05). People having a partner diagnosed as having HIV/AIDS answered more questions correctly (12.3 on average). Men showed higher correct knowledge (63.6 percent) related to women (36.4 percent) (p<0.05). Only 4.4 percent (n=22) of the patients had a correct level of knowledge. Conclusion The pre-test counselling programme did not improve knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS. It is thus suggested that the approach and method should be changed so that patients become well-informed, thereby reducing STI and HIV/AIDS-related morbidity and mortality.
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Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Young Adult , Counseling , HIV Infections/epidemiology , HIV Infections/psychology , Hospitals, Urban , Surveys and Questionnaires , Catchment Area, Health , Peru/epidemiology , Program Development , Program Evaluation , Young AdultABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: Evaluating the knowledge acquired by the pre-test counselling programme in a national hospital in Lima Peru. METHOD: A cross-sectional descriptive observational study was carried out on 499 patients attending the National STI/HIV Prevention and Control Sanitary Strategy service after they had been counselled. The patients were intentionally selected by probabilistic means. A questionnaire having direct questions was applied; it had been previously validated by experts. > or = 75 % of correct answers was defined as being a variable of correct knowledge and <75 % of correct answers as incorrect knowledge. RESULTS: 64.1 % (n=320) of the patients were female. The age group having a better level of knowledge after counselling was the 22-28 year old group, 40.3 % (n=201) (p<0.05). People having a partner diagnosed as having HIV/AIDS answered more questions correctly (12.3 on average). Men showed higher correct knowledge (63.6 %) related to women (36.4 %) (p<0.05). Only 4.4 % (n=22) of the patients had a correct level of knowledge. CONCLUSION: The pre-test counselling programme did not improve knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS. It is thus suggested that the approach and method should be changed so that patients become well-informed, thereby reducing STI and HIV/AIDS-related morbidity and mortality.
