In service training of primary health care workers providing maternal and newborn care in the clusters and centres included. Pregnancy and Childbirth Maternal and newborn care
Conditions
Interventions
Randomisation is based on the 4 geographical provinces in Sierra Leone (north, south, east and west). Each province is randomly allocated a number and 2 provinces randomly selected to either the contr
Sponsors
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Health care providers of any gender and age who have attended the in -service capacity building training programme 2. District health management team supervisors working with health care providers at primary health care level in 4 provinces
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Health workers and supervisors/ mentors who do not wish to consent to take part in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes in Knowledge and skills are measured using the 7 pre and post training module test and the knowledge and skills retention tests at 3 and 6 months post baseline for modules 1 and 2 only. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Number and frequency of supervision/mentoring sessions is measured using the log book kept by the mentor and diary kept by the participant at eight months 2. Factors affecting retention of knowledge and skills is measured using both quantitative and qualitative data from the mentor log book and participant diary at 8 months (the end of the mentorship period) 3. Satisfaction of supervision measured using qualitative data from the mentor log book and participant diaries at 8 months | — |
Countries
Sierra Leone
Outcome results
None listed