Can Outreach Training and Supportive Supervision Improve Competency in Malaria Service Delivery? An Evaluation in Cameroon, Ghana, Niger, and Zambia
Outreach Training and Supportive Supervision (OTSS) of malaria services at health facilities has been adopted by numerous malaria-endemic countries. The OTSS model is characterized by a hands-on method to enhance national guidelines and supervision tools, train supervisors, and perform supervision visits. An independent evaluation was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of OTSS on health worker competence in the clinical management of malaria, parasitological diagnosis, and prevention of malaria in pregnancy. From 2018 to 2021, health facilities in Cameroon, Ghana, Niger, and Zambia received OTSS visits during which health workers were observed directly during patient consultations, and supervisors completed standardized checklists to assess their performance. Mixed-effects logistic regression models were developed to assess the impact of increasing OTSS visit number on a set of eight program-generated outcome indicators, including overall competency and requesting a confirmatory malaria test appropriately. Seven of eight outcome indicators showed evidence of beneficial effects of increased OTSS visits. Odds of health workers reaching competency thresholds for the malaria-in-pregnancy checklist increased by more than four times for each additional OTSS visit (odds ratio [OR], 4.62; 95% CI, 3.62-5.88). Each additional OTSS visit was associated with almost four times the odds of the health worker foregoing antimalarial prescriptions for patients who tested negative for malaria (OR, 3.80; 95% CI, 2.35-6.16). This evaluation provides evidence that successive OTSS visits result in meaningful improvements in indicators linked to quality case management of patients attending facilities for malaria diagnosis and treatment, as well as quality malaria prevention services received by women attending antenatal services.
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:110 |
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The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 110(2024), 3_Suppl vom: 05. März, Seite 10-19 |
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