The impact of the refresher training and the defaulter tracing on community health workers’ performance

The impact of the continuous refresher training and the defaulter tracing activity on community health workers’ performance: a cluster randomized control trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN18201040

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2015-04-02

Start date

2011-07-18

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-07-06

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Conditions

Healthy adults working as community health workers Not Applicable

Interventions

There are two interventions: 1. Refresher training to community health workers 2. Strengthening of the referral and defaulter tracing activity

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All community health workers (CHWs) actively working in the research areas

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: CHWs who have not been participated in any community health activity within the last three months.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Community health workers' performance in terms of household coverage, health knowledge, and customer satisfaction.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Pervasive effects to community members such as health knowledge and health seeking behavior.	—

Countries

Kenya

Contacts

Public ContactYoshito Kawakatsu

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026