The impact of the refresher training and the defaulter tracing on community health workers’ performance

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• Last refreshed on: 6 July 2015
• Main ID: ISRCTN18201040
• Date of registration: 02/04/2015
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: SEMAH project supported by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Kenya Office
• Public title: The impact of the refresher training and the defaulter tracing on community health workers’ performance
• Scientific title: The impact of the continuous refresher training and the defaulter tracing activity on community health workers’ performance: a cluster randomized control trial
• Date of first enrolment: 18/07/2011
• Target sample size: 1000
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN18201040
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: A cluster randomized controlled trial (Other)

Countries of recruitment

Kenya

Contacts

• Name: Yoshito Kawakatsu

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All community health workers (CHWs) actively working in the research areas
Exclusion criteria: CHWs who have not been participated in any community health activity within the last three months.

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Healthy adults working as community health workers
Not Applicable

Intervention(s)

There are two interventions:
1. Refresher training to community health workers
2. Strengthening of the referral and defaulter tracing activity

Primary Outcome(s)

Community health workers' performance in terms of household coverage, health knowledge, and customer satisfaction.

Secondary Outcome(s)

Pervasive effects to community members such as health knowledge and health seeking behavior.

Secondary ID(s)

N/A

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Japan International Cooperation Agency