Volume 36, Issue 1, April 2022, Pages 148–157
Kakule Muhindo Omer1, Rosebela Onyango2, and Careena Otieno Odawa3
1 Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Department of community health, RD Congo
2 Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Department of community health, RD Congo
3 Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Department of community health, RD Congo
Original language: English
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The involvement of health workers is an approach that has contributed greatly to the promotion of the health status of populations, especially in low-income countries. However, this involvement would only be effective if these health workers are adequately trained, regularly monitored and supervised, and linked to health facilities to allow for rapid referral of identified problems in the community. This study is conducted to ensure that health workers are trained to provide better services during vaccination action of children against measles. This is a quasi-experimental study conducted in two urban health zones in the city of Goma. The study population was made up of health workers occasionally taken in the health areas of these two zones. Data were collected and processed using SPSS and Excel. Logistic regression and odd-ratio tests were performed to determine the effect of training the health workers on the vaccination of children against measles. During the intervention, 35 children per month were covered. Routine AVM vaccination estimated at 2065 children before the interventions rose to 5463 AVM vaccinated with an estimated coverage of 80.7% after the interventions, while the health centers notified a total of 128 cases. The training of Community Health Works on social mobilization for vaccination appears to be an important tool in the promotion of the vaccination system. It reminds the mother and allows for recovery of dropout’s loss lost to follow-up, especially for the latest vaccines such as the AVM.
Author Keywords: Ant vaccine measles, vaccination, community health workers, interventions, training.
Kakule Muhindo Omer1, Rosebela Onyango2, and Careena Otieno Odawa3
1 Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Department of community health, RD Congo
2 Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Department of community health, RD Congo
3 Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Department of community health, RD Congo
Original language: English
Copyright © 2022 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The involvement of health workers is an approach that has contributed greatly to the promotion of the health status of populations, especially in low-income countries. However, this involvement would only be effective if these health workers are adequately trained, regularly monitored and supervised, and linked to health facilities to allow for rapid referral of identified problems in the community. This study is conducted to ensure that health workers are trained to provide better services during vaccination action of children against measles. This is a quasi-experimental study conducted in two urban health zones in the city of Goma. The study population was made up of health workers occasionally taken in the health areas of these two zones. Data were collected and processed using SPSS and Excel. Logistic regression and odd-ratio tests were performed to determine the effect of training the health workers on the vaccination of children against measles. During the intervention, 35 children per month were covered. Routine AVM vaccination estimated at 2065 children before the interventions rose to 5463 AVM vaccinated with an estimated coverage of 80.7% after the interventions, while the health centers notified a total of 128 cases. The training of Community Health Works on social mobilization for vaccination appears to be an important tool in the promotion of the vaccination system. It reminds the mother and allows for recovery of dropout’s loss lost to follow-up, especially for the latest vaccines such as the AVM.
Author Keywords: Ant vaccine measles, vaccination, community health workers, interventions, training.
How to Cite this Article
Kakule Muhindo Omer, Rosebela Onyango, and Careena Otieno Odawa, “The effectiveness of social mobilization of households by community health workers on uptake measles vaccine coverage and measles notification among children under five in the Karisimbi and Goma health zone: A Quasi-Experimental Study Led in the Karisimbi and Goma Health zone,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 148–157, April 2022.
