肯尼亚邦戈马县的儿童癌症宣传计划
Larissa Klootwijk1,2, Lilian Apadet Osamong3, Sandra Langat3
1Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands. larissaklootwijk@gmail.com.
概括
在肯尼亚实施儿童癌症宣传计划改善了医疗保健提供者的知识,并增加了癌症儿童的转诊. 这一倡议的目标是诊断不足,旨在改善低资源环境中的结果.
科学领域:
- 儿科瘤学 儿科瘤学
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 加强卫生系统 加强卫生系统
背景情况:
- 在低收入和中等收入国家,儿童癌症诊断不足是一个重大挑战.
- 宣传计划对于早期检测和及时转诊至关重要.
- 这项研究在肯尼亚邦戈马县实施了一项多元组件的宣传计划.
研究的目的:
- 描述儿童癌症宣传计划的实施情况.
- 评估该计划对医疗保健提供者的知识和患者推的影响.
- 为了解决肯尼亚的不足诊断和改善儿童癌症的结果.
主要方法:
- 一个全面的计划,包括基线数据收集,为医疗保健提供者 (HCP) 提供实时培训,早期预警标志海报,为HCP提供在线短信课程和广播活动.
- 这项研究是在2023年1月至6月期间在Bungoma县的144个初级医疗保健机构进行的.
- 通过HCP的前后测试进行知识评估.
主要成果:
- 超过2000名HCP参加了实时培训;890人完成了在线短信课程,表现出更好的知识分数 (7.1至8.1;P<0.001).
- 分发海报导致50个关于疑似病例的电话,导致16个确诊的儿童癌症诊断和治疗.
- 一个无线电广播活动向公众传达了540条信息和一个现场问答会.
结论:
- 实施的儿童癌症宣传计划成功地吸引了肯尼亚的医疗保健提供者和公众.
- 该计划显示,医疗保健提供者对儿童癌症的知识有了显著的改善.
- 观察到疑似儿童癌症病例的转诊量增加,这表明早期检测能力有所提高.
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