ArticleBMC health services research2019
Growth monitoring and promotion practices among health workers may be suboptimal despite high knowledge scores.
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- Continuing education on child development in primary care: healthcare workers' perspectives.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2023Article
- Attitudes of Caregivers of Children under Five Years Regarding Growth Monitoring and Promotion in Polokwane, Limpopo Province.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Growth Monitoring Practice and Associated Factors Among Health Professionals at Public Health Facilities of Bahir Dar Health Centers, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2022Article
- Utilization of growth monitoring and promotion is highest among children aged 0-11 months: a survey among mother-child pairs from rural northern Ghana.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Knowledge and Other Predictors of Child Welfare Clinic Completion among Children Aged 24-59 Months in the Garu-Tempane District of Northern Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study of Caregivers.Advances in preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Assessing the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Community Health Services: A Pre-post Analysis.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe child health record booklet (CHRB) is a powerful tool for screening children under five and for education of caregivers by health workers. The objective of the present study was to assess the knowledge and utilization of CHRB by mothers and health workers in child growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) in the East Mamprusi Municipal, Northern region, Ghana.
methodsA descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among mothers attending child welfare clinics (CWC) and health workers providing GMP at CWC. Observational checklists were used to assess 73 CHRB on the completeness and correctness of growth charts. Mothers and health workers' knowledge on essential components of CHRB were assessed with a questionnaire.
resultsWeight measurements were correctly recorded in all booklets analyzed. Even though a greater proportion (70.7%) of health workers exhibited high knowledge scores on the interpretation of the essential components of the CHRB,most of the charts analyzed were not completely filled (72.6%) but rather correctly filled (74.0%). Mean knowedge score (3.4 ± 1.3) on growth charting was low among mothers who attend GMP. Work overload (26.1%), inadequate supply of CHRB (26.1%) and vaccine shortages (18.7%) were concerns raised by health workers on the effective usage of the CHRB.
conclusionKnowledge scores on the child health record booklets among health workers and mothers in this part of northern Ghana were high but charting of growth of children was sub-optimal among health workers.
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