Assessing Community Health Interventions in Reducing Infant and Child Mortality in the Southeastern Benin
Assessing Community Health Interventions in Reducing Infant and Child Mortality in the Southeastern Benin作者机构：Health Promotion Department Regional Institute of Public Health University of Abomey-Calavi Ouidah Benin National Medical and Sanitary Institute University of Abomey-Calavi Cotonou Benin Health Policy and Systems Department Regional Institute of Public Health University of Abomey-Calavi Ouidah Benin
出 版 物：《Open Journal of Preventive Medicine》 (预防医学期刊（英文）)
年 卷 期：2024年第14卷第1期
页 面：17-28页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学]
主 题：Community-Based Interventions Infant and Child Mortality Benin
摘 要：Background: To reduce infant and child mortality in Benin, a package of high-impact interventions per healthcare level was implemented in 2009. This study aimed to assess the quality of community-based health interventions in reducing infant and child mortality within the municipality of Pobè in southeastern Benin. Methods: This was a cross-sectional evaluative study carried out in November 2021 focused on children aged 0 - 59 months, their mothers, health workers, community facilitators, community health workers and the Town Hall health focal point. Mothers and their children were targeted by cluster sampling, and exhaustive selection was used to recruit all other participants. Predetermined scores based on rating criteria were used to assess the quality of community health interventions using the “input, process and outcome of Donabedian approach. Results: Over 300 mother-child couples, 46 community health workers, 7 health agents, 1 community facilitator and 1 health focal point from Pobè town hall were surveyed. Intervention quality was judged as “average, with a score of 73.80%. The “inputs and “outcomes components were the weakest links. Conclusion: Improving access to the inputs needed by community health workers can enhance the quality of PIHI interventions.
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