Evaluating the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness counselling skills of professional nurses in the North West Province of South Africa
Health SA Gesondheid
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| Title | Evaluating the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness counselling skills of professional nurses in the North West Province of South Africa | |
| Creator | Malan, Marguerette-Francoisé Rabie, Tinda Muller, Catherina E. | |
| Description | Background: The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy provides guidelines for supporting and improving the health system to reduce under-5 children’s mortality rates. This strategy specifically assists professional nurses with the case management of children aged birth–5 years.Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate how professional nurses provided counselling to caregivers of under-5 children based on the IMCI strategy in Primary Health Care facilities of one district in the North West Province of South Africa.Setting: Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities of one district in the North West Province.Method: A quantitative, descriptive and observational design was used. Counselling provided by the professional nurses was observed and a checklist was completed. This IMCI counselling checklist was based on aspects in the counselling section of the Health Facility Survey, formulated according to the IMCI strategy’s requirements.Results: Counselling that focused on feeding, administration of medication and counselling skills used during the consultation were good. However, counselling of caregivers of children aged 13 months to 5 years could be improved and the caregivers’ health status should also be addressed.Conclusion: Counselling provided to caregivers of under-5 children regarding feeding, administering of medication and caregivers’ health status used effective communication skills. However, technicalities of feeding such as lactation and nutritional guidance posed challenges. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 2018-10-10 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hsag.v23i0.1074 | |
| Source | Health SA Gesondheid; Vol 23 (2018); 6 pages 2071-9736 1025-9848 | |
| Language | eng | |
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