Assessment of Nurses knowledge regarding Integrated Management of Childhood Illness at Primary Health Care Centers in Al- Amara City
Background: In low- and middle-income countries, over 11 million children die before reaching the age of five, with a large number of these deaths occurring during the first year of life, Diarrhea, Pneumonia, Malaria, Measles, and starvation are the leading causes of deaths in the United States, 70...
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University of Kufa, Faculty of Nursing
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.uokufa.edu.iq/index.php/kjns/article/view/461 |
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| Summary: | Background: In low- and middle-income countries, over 11 million children die before reaching the age of five, with a large number of these deaths occurring during the first year of life, Diarrhea, Pneumonia, Malaria, Measles, and starvation are the leading causes of deaths in the United States, 70% of these deaths, often in combination (Prosper et. al., 2009).
Aims of the study: The study aims to assess the nursing knowledge level about Integrated Management of Childhood Illness at Primary Health Care Centers in Al- Amara City .
Methodology: A descriptive study design was conducted in A descriptive study design was conducted in 18 primary health care centers inside of Amara City / Iraq during the period of 20 \ October \ 2020 until 30 \ May \ 2021. The study sample consists of (50) nurse's. The questionnaire data was filled by the nurse's in a face to face direct interview. Different statistical processing was conducted by the use of version 20 SPSS statistical package.
Results: The result showed 72.2 % of nurse's have moderate knowledge regarding Integrated Management of Childhood Illness and there is no statistically significant relationship with the socio- demographical variables and knowledge level.
Conclusion: The study found that nurses at primary health care centers in Amara's first health sector had a moderate level of knowledge about integrated management of childhood illness and there was no statistical significant association between nursing characteristic and their general information.
Recommendations: Modern educational facilities for nursing team at IMCI unit should be provided to enhance health care providers’ knowledge .
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| ISSN: | 2223-4055 2521-8638 |