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Development and Piloting of a Community-Partnered Heart Failure Training Course for Home Health Care Workers.
Madeline R Sterling1, Jacklyn Cho1, Peggy B Leung1
1Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (M.R.S., J.C., P.B.L., A.F.S., J.R., J.L., M.O., P.G., L.M.K., M.M.S.).
Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
|November 15, 2022
Summary
Home healthcare workers (HHWs) received a new heart failure (HF) training course. The program improved HHWs' knowledge and confidence in providing HF care, showing potential for wider implementation.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Education
- Public Health
- Nursing
Background:
- Home healthcare workers (HHWs) play a vital role in heart failure (HF) care but often have insufficient training and low self-efficacy.
- Existing educational gaps hinder optimal HF patient support by HHWs.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and pilot a virtual heart failure (HF) training course tailored to the needs of home healthcare workers (HHWs).
- To evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of the HF training program.
Main Methods:
- A community-partnered approach was used to create a 2-hour virtual HF training course.
- A mixed-methods design, including pre/post-surveys and interviews, assessed changes in HF knowledge and caregiving self-efficacy.
- The study included 53 HHWs from 15 home care agencies.
Main Results:
- The training course significantly improved HHWs' heart failure (HF) knowledge (P=0.0000) and caregiving self-efficacy (P=0.0017).
- Greatest improvements were observed in participants with lower baseline scores.
- Participants reported the course as engaging, feasible, and relevant to their work.
Conclusions:
- The piloted heart failure (HF) training course for home healthcare workers (HHWs) was feasible, acceptable, and effective in enhancing knowledge and self-efficacy.
- Findings support the scalability of this training program to the broader HHW workforce, potentially using a train-the-trainer model.
Keywords:
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