Table 2 |
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| Training and professional skills of health workers at lower level facilities in Uganda between June and August 2009 | ||
| Assessment parameter | Characteristics | N = 131 |
| Pre-service training | Clinical officers | 9(7%) |
| Mid wife | 8(6%) | |
| Nurse | 28(21%) | |
| Nursing aid/assistant | 86(66%) | |
| Personal capacity | ||
| Skills | Knowledge of severe malaria danger signs* | 47(37%) |
| Received IMCI training | 62(50%) | |
| Supervision in the preceding 6 months | 55(42%) | |
| Motivation | Received Job descriptions and appointment letters (n=124) | 78(63%) |
| Referral practice(N = 186) | Pre-referral antimalarial drugs given (n = 186) | 130(70%) |
| Referral clinical notes given to patients | 115(61%) | |
| Transport for referred patients | 12(6%) | |
| Reasons for referral (n = 186) | Lack of blood | 55(30%) |
| Poor response to treatment | 66(36%) | |
| Lack of IV Fluids | 31(17%) | |
| No beds for admission | 16(8.7) | |
| Others | 18(9.6) | |
*Dangers signs as convulsions or fits, temp above 39.5°C, very pale mucous membranes (anaemia) and unable to localise painful stimuli (coma) Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI).
Kyabayinze et al. BMC Public Health 2012 12:695 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-695
