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Evaluation of an Interventional Program for Family Physicians on Well-child Care for Children Under-5

NCT03976778 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 39

Last updated 2019-06-07

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Summary

Background

Despite providing health promotion and preventive measures for children under-5 years are essential for lifelong health and wellbeing of individuals and countries, studies into family physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding comprehensive well-child services for children under-5 years seem to be scarce in developing countries. This study aimed to evaluate family physicians' KAP towards well-child care for children under-5 years in Suez Canal area before and after implementing an interventional program.

Methods A pre-post interventional study was conducted from September 2014 to March 2016 on comprehensive sample of 39 family physicians, who were under training in the Family Medicine department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University. Their KAP were assessed by valid and reliable questionnaire (78-items) at baseline and after 6 months of implementing a training program.

Conditions

  • Well-child Care

Interventions

OTHER

Training program for family physicians on well-child care for children under-5 years

The researchers designed this intervention, which consisted of 3 repeated workshops, every workshop had held for 2 days, one day per week, the number of attendants was appropriate/workshop (10 - 15).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Suez Canal University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hazem A Sayed Ahmed, PhD · Family medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-12-01
Primary Completion
2016-03-31
Completion
2016-03-31

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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