Selected article for: "care quality and health care"

Author: Opiyo, Newton; English, Mike
Title: In-service training for health professionals to improve care of seriously ill newborns and children in low-income countries
  • Document date: 2015_5_13
  • ID: 16b8drw2_18
    Snippet: In low-income countries, most deaths among seriously ill children who come into contact with referral level health services occur within 48 hours of when they are seen (Berkley 2005) . It is possible that good quality immediate and effective care provided by health professionals could reduce these deaths (Nolan 2001). Provision of appropriate care however depends on the presence of skilled health personnel at the point of care delivery (WHO 2005).....
    Document: In low-income countries, most deaths among seriously ill children who come into contact with referral level health services occur within 48 hours of when they are seen (Berkley 2005) . It is possible that good quality immediate and effective care provided by health professionals could reduce these deaths (Nolan 2001). Provision of appropriate care however depends on the presence of skilled health personnel at the point of care delivery (WHO 2005) . To improve health workers' capacity to provide effective care for seriously ill newborns and children in low-income countries, various in-service training courses, based mainly on models of high-income countries, are proposed. This is the first update of the original review.

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