Community Health Workers
Conditions
Interventions
Training Course on Home Visits to Pregnant Women and Infants (32 hours - 4-day training course using leaning active methodology for Community Health Workers)
Guide for Innovative Home Visits to Pregna
Other
Sponsors
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq),
Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Community Health Workers who work in Family Health Units that are co-managed by the municipal health authority of Recife and the Institute of Integral Medicine Professor Fernando Figueira (IMIP).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Community Health Workers who were on vacation or on any type of leave during the data collection periods.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increase and retention of the CAP (Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices) score of the intervention group verified by means of an evaluation questionnaire, based on the observation of a variation of at least 5% in the pre- and post-intervention measurements in the one-year follow-up compared to the basal and control group | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increase in the average score and in percentage of correct answers in each section (K, A and P), and in the percentage of CHWs who improved their score, overall and in K, A and P section after training. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactTereza Lima
Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira
Outcome results
None listed