| Title |
Performance of Health Workers in the Management of Seriously Sick Children at a Kenyan Tertiary Hospital: Before and after a Training Intervention
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, July 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0039964 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Grace W. Irimu, David Gathara, Dejan Zurovac, Harrison Kihara, Christopher Maina, Julius Mwangi, Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha, Jim Todd, Alexandra Greene, Mike English |
| Abstract |
Implementation of WHO case management guidelines for serious common childhood illnesses remains a challenge in hospitals in low-income countries. The impact of locally adapted clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) on the quality-of-care of patients in tertiary hospitals has rarely been evaluated. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 162 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 36 | 22% |
| Researcher | 30 | 18% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 14 | 8% |
| Other | 13 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 7% |
| Other | 27 | 16% |
| Unknown | 35 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 63 | 38% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 3% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 20 | 12% |
| Unknown | 48 | 29% |