Knowledge on integrated management of childhood illness among health and family planning field workers

Authors

  • Mst Akhtara Khatun Senior Staff Nurse, Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
  • Ashees Kumar Saha Nursing Officer, Upazilla Health Complex, Bagha, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
  • Sabrina Aktar Senior Staff Nurse, Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
  • Fouzia Hasin Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry, NIPSOM, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/ajmbr.v7i1.53309

Keywords:

knowledge; IMCI; health; family planning; field workers

Abstract

Integrated Management of Childhood illness (IMCI) is a strategy for reducing mortality among children under the age of 5 years. This study was aim to assess the level of knowledge on IMCI among health and family planning field worker. Convenience sampling and a semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data among 237 respondents. Knowledge level was categorised as good, average and poor while association of categorical data were done by Chi squire test. The mean age of participants was 36.03±10.13 years where (82.3%) respondents were female. The mean duration of job was 11.27± 9.81 years where (71.7%) respondents did not have training on IMCI. Among the respondents, 42.6% didn’t know any of the objectives and 46.8% respondents knew that one of the components of IMCI, 51.5% respondents knew that IMCI to improve the health system and 35.3% respondents knew that IMCI is to improve family and community practice. Signs of diarrhoea in 0-2 month’s old baby was not known by 27.8% respondents. Majority of the respondents (72.2%) had knowledge about increased respiratory rate as a sign of pneumonia. Among the respondents, 42.6% respondents had poor knowledge regarding IMCI while 28.7% had well and (28.7%) had average knowledge. Level of knowledge was significantly associated with age (p<0.026), sex (p<0.001), place of job (p<0.001), designation (p<0.001), type of job (p<0.001), duration of Job (p<0.001), training status (p<0.002). There are many lacks in the knowledge of health and family planning field workers, they need training on IMCI to prevent the under-five mortality and morbidity.

Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. March 2021, 7(1): 56-63

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Published

2021-03-31

How to Cite

Khatun, M. A., Saha, A. K., Aktar, S., & Hasin, F. (2021). Knowledge on integrated management of childhood illness among health and family planning field workers. Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 7(1), 56–63. https://doi.org/10.3329/ajmbr.v7i1.53309

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