TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of IMCI training and language used by provider on quality of counseling provided to parents of sick children in Bougouni District, Mali
AU - Gilroy, K.
AU - Winch, P. J.
AU - Diawara, A.
AU - Swedberg, E.
AU - Thiéro, F.
AU - Kané, M.
AU - Daou, Z.
AU - Berthé, Z.
AU - Bagayoko, A.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the Director General of Health for Sikasso Region Dr. Brahima Koné, the District Medical Officer for Bougouni District Dr. Drissa Ouattara, and Maureen Cunningham, Patrick Connors and Lynn Lederer and the Bougouni District field staff of Save the Children/USA for their partnership and facilitation of all aspects of data collection during this study. We also wish to thank the other district level authorities, community leaders and health workers who granted us permission to enter their communities, use their health facilities, and collect data. Patrick M. Tarwater and Howard Mackey provided assistance with statistics and general encouragement; for their invaluable contributions we are very grateful. We would also like to acknowledge the contribution of Robert Black, Ruth Frischer, and Neal Brandes for their continued support. This work was supported financially by the United States Agency for International Development through the Family Health and Child Survival Cooperative Agreement (HRN-A-00-96-90006-00) with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
PY - 2004/7
Y1 - 2004/7
N2 - This study evaluates the impact of the Integrated Management Of Childhood Illness (IMCI) training on quality of counseling provided to caregivers about administration of antimalarials to their children. Ten community health centers in southern Mali were randomized to either training or comparison arms of the study, and health providers' consultations with caregivers were observed. Out of a 10-point counseling scale (Cronbach's α =0.77), IMCI-trained providers completed an average of 1.47 (95% CI, -0.25, 3.2) more tasks than did providers who had not received IMCI training in a linear regression analysis that accounted for intra-provider correlations. Drug consultations done in both French and the local language, Bambara, had higher scores than those conducted exclusively in Bambara. The effect of providers receiving IMCI training was more pronounced in bilingual consultations, with an average increase of 2.49 (95% CI, 0.76, 4.22) in IMCI, bilingual consultations, and average increase of 0.87 (95% CI, -0.95, 2.69) in IMCI monolingual (Bambara) consultations as compared to non-IMCI-trained providers in monolingual consultations. IMCI training showed a non-significant trend overall in improving drug counseling provided to caregivers, with significant improvements in bilingual consultations. The IMCI program in Mali should consider strategies such as role-playing of counseling in Bambara or other local languages during training to improve patient-provider communication. Similar problems related to counseling by health workers in local languages are likely to be present throughout Africa, and warrant further study.
AB - This study evaluates the impact of the Integrated Management Of Childhood Illness (IMCI) training on quality of counseling provided to caregivers about administration of antimalarials to their children. Ten community health centers in southern Mali were randomized to either training or comparison arms of the study, and health providers' consultations with caregivers were observed. Out of a 10-point counseling scale (Cronbach's α =0.77), IMCI-trained providers completed an average of 1.47 (95% CI, -0.25, 3.2) more tasks than did providers who had not received IMCI training in a linear regression analysis that accounted for intra-provider correlations. Drug consultations done in both French and the local language, Bambara, had higher scores than those conducted exclusively in Bambara. The effect of providers receiving IMCI training was more pronounced in bilingual consultations, with an average increase of 2.49 (95% CI, 0.76, 4.22) in IMCI, bilingual consultations, and average increase of 0.87 (95% CI, -0.95, 2.69) in IMCI monolingual (Bambara) consultations as compared to non-IMCI-trained providers in monolingual consultations. IMCI training showed a non-significant trend overall in improving drug counseling provided to caregivers, with significant improvements in bilingual consultations. The IMCI program in Mali should consider strategies such as role-playing of counseling in Bambara or other local languages during training to improve patient-provider communication. Similar problems related to counseling by health workers in local languages are likely to be present throughout Africa, and warrant further study.
KW - Counseling
KW - Integrated Management Of Childhood Illness (IMCI)
KW - Language
KW - Mali
KW - Patient-provider communication
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U2 - 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00189-7
DO - 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00189-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 15210258
AN - SCOPUS:2942716754
SN - 0738-3991
VL - 54
SP - 35
EP - 44
JO - Patient Education and Counseling
JF - Patient Education and Counseling
IS - 1
ER -