Diagnosis of pneumonia by community health volunteers: experience of BRAC, Bangladesh

The study assessed the competency of community health volunteers in diagnosing pneumonia in children through simple clinical signs. Data were collected by a group of research physicians who observed the case management performance of 120 health volunteers in Bangladesh where BRAe has been providi...

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1. autor:	Hadi, Abdullahel
Format:	Research report
Język:	English
Wydane:	BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) 2019
Hasła przedmiotowe:	Pneumonia Community health BRAC Acute respiratory infection (ARI) Community health services > Bangladesh Health, Nutrition, and Population Program (BRAC)
Dostęp online:	http://hdl.handle.net/10361/12958

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spelling	10361-129582019-11-14T21:01:09Z Diagnosis of pneumonia by community health volunteers: experience of BRAC, Bangladesh Hadi, Abdullahel Pneumonia Community health BRAC Acute respiratory infection (ARI) Pneumonia Community health services--Bangladesh Health, Nutrition, and Population Program (BRAC) The study assessed the competency of community health volunteers in diagnosing pneumonia in children through simple clinical signs. Data were collected by a group of research physicians who observed the case management performance of 120 health volunteers in Bangladesh where BRAe has been providing community-based acute respiratory infection (ARI) control programme since mid 1992. About 1,166 children aged 3-60 months were diagnosed at household level using simple signs. Findings revealed that the health volunteers' competency in correctly diagnosing pneumonia and no pneumonia was quite high although they had difficulties in diagnosing severe and very severe pneumonia cases. Among the clinical signs such as coarse breath sounds and chest in-drawing, the correct diagnoses of pneumonia was lower than no pneumonia. Overall agreement rates for most signs were very high. The study concludes that the less educated health volunteers can also be effectively used in diagnosing pneumonia at grassroots level in developing countries. 2019-11-14T04:46:09Z 2019-11-14T04:46:09Z 1999 Research report Hadi, A. (1999). Diagnosis of pneumonia by community health volunteers: experience of BRAC, Bangladesh. Research Reports (1999): Health Studies, Vol - XXVIII, 334–343. http://hdl.handle.net/10361/12958 en application/pdf BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
institution	Brac University
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language	English
topic	Pneumonia Community health BRAC Acute respiratory infection (ARI) Pneumonia Community health services--Bangladesh Health, Nutrition, and Population Program (BRAC)
spellingShingle	Pneumonia Community health BRAC Acute respiratory infection (ARI) Pneumonia Community health services--Bangladesh Health, Nutrition, and Population Program (BRAC) Hadi, Abdullahel Diagnosis of pneumonia by community health volunteers: experience of BRAC, Bangladesh
description	The study assessed the competency of community health volunteers in diagnosing pneumonia in children through simple clinical signs. Data were collected by a group of research physicians who observed the case management performance of 120 health volunteers in Bangladesh where BRAe has been providing community-based acute respiratory infection (ARI) control programme since mid 1992. About 1,166 children aged 3-60 months were diagnosed at household level using simple signs. Findings revealed that the health volunteers' competency in correctly diagnosing pneumonia and no pneumonia was quite high although they had difficulties in diagnosing severe and very severe pneumonia cases. Among the clinical signs such as coarse breath sounds and chest in-drawing, the correct diagnoses of pneumonia was lower than no pneumonia. Overall agreement rates for most signs were very high. The study concludes that the less educated health volunteers can also be effectively used in diagnosing pneumonia at grassroots level in developing countries.
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author	Hadi, Abdullahel
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title	Diagnosis of pneumonia by community health volunteers: experience of BRAC, Bangladesh
title_short	Diagnosis of pneumonia by community health volunteers: experience of BRAC, Bangladesh
title_full	Diagnosis of pneumonia by community health volunteers: experience of BRAC, Bangladesh
title_fullStr	Diagnosis of pneumonia by community health volunteers: experience of BRAC, Bangladesh
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Diagnosis of pneumonia by community health volunteers: experience of BRAC, Bangladesh

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