Managing pneumonia by community health volunteers: the case of ARI control programme of BRAC, Bangladesh

The study examined the role of ARl management practices in improving the competency of community health volunteers in diagnosing and treating pneumonia among children. Data were collected by a group of research physicians who observed the performance ofa sample of 120 health volunteers in Banglade...

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Glavni autor:	Hadi, Abdullahel
Format:	Research report
Jezik:	English
Izdano:	BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) 2019
Teme:	Community health Volunteers ARI control programme Acute respiratory infection (ARI) BRAC Pneumonia Community health services > Bangladesh Respiratory organs > Diseases > Treatment
Online pristup:	http://hdl.handle.net/10361/12963

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spelling	10361-129632019-11-14T21:01:14Z Managing pneumonia by community health volunteers: the case of ARI control programme of BRAC, Bangladesh Hadi, Abdullahel Community health Volunteers ARI control programme Acute respiratory infection (ARI) BRAC Pneumonia Community health services--Bangladesh Respiratory organs--Diseases--Treatment The study examined the role of ARl management practices in improving the competency of community health volunteers in diagnosing and treating pneumonia among children. Data were collected by a group of research physicians who observed the performance ofa sample of 120 health volunteers in Bangladesh where BRAC has been providing community-based ARl control programme in 10 sub-districts since mid 1992. About 1,166 children aged 3-60 months were diagnosed and treated at the households by both the volunteers and physicians. The sensitivity, specificity and overall agreement rates in diagnosing and treating pneumonia were significantly higher among volunteers who had basic training and were regularly supervised. BRAC approach was flexible enough in replacing dropout volunteers by a system of in-service training. Findings revealed that an extended basic training for new entrants, frequent supervision and an integrated programme approach would further improve the programme. The study concludes that the diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia by the community health volunteers were possible at the households in developing countries if intensive basic training and close supervision of the service providers could be ensured. 2019-11-14T05:35:23Z 2019-11-14T05:35:23Z 1999 Research report Hadi, A. (1999). Managing pneumonia by community health volunteers: the case of ARI control programme of BRAC, Bangladesh. Research Reports (1999): Health Studies, Vol - XXVIII, 308–321. http://hdl.handle.net/10361/12963 en application/pdf BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
institution	Brac University
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language	English
topic	Community health Volunteers ARI control programme Acute respiratory infection (ARI) BRAC Pneumonia Community health services--Bangladesh Respiratory organs--Diseases--Treatment
spellingShingle	Community health Volunteers ARI control programme Acute respiratory infection (ARI) BRAC Pneumonia Community health services--Bangladesh Respiratory organs--Diseases--Treatment Hadi, Abdullahel Managing pneumonia by community health volunteers: the case of ARI control programme of BRAC, Bangladesh
description	The study examined the role of ARl management practices in improving the competency of community health volunteers in diagnosing and treating pneumonia among children. Data were collected by a group of research physicians who observed the performance ofa sample of 120 health volunteers in Bangladesh where BRAC has been providing community-based ARl control programme in 10 sub-districts since mid 1992. About 1,166 children aged 3-60 months were diagnosed and treated at the households by both the volunteers and physicians. The sensitivity, specificity and overall agreement rates in diagnosing and treating pneumonia were significantly higher among volunteers who had basic training and were regularly supervised. BRAC approach was flexible enough in replacing dropout volunteers by a system of in-service training. Findings revealed that an extended basic training for new entrants, frequent supervision and an integrated programme approach would further improve the programme. The study concludes that the diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia by the community health volunteers were possible at the households in developing countries if intensive basic training and close supervision of the service providers could be ensured.
format	Research report
author	Hadi, Abdullahel
author_facet	Hadi, Abdullahel
author_sort	Hadi, Abdullahel
title	Managing pneumonia by community health volunteers: the case of ARI control programme of BRAC, Bangladesh
title_short	Managing pneumonia by community health volunteers: the case of ARI control programme of BRAC, Bangladesh
title_full	Managing pneumonia by community health volunteers: the case of ARI control programme of BRAC, Bangladesh
title_fullStr	Managing pneumonia by community health volunteers: the case of ARI control programme of BRAC, Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed	Managing pneumonia by community health volunteers: the case of ARI control programme of BRAC, Bangladesh
title_sort	managing pneumonia by community health volunteers: the case of ari control programme of brac, bangladesh
publisher	BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
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Managing pneumonia by community health volunteers: the case of ARI control programme of BRAC, Bangladesh

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