Capacity building of healthcare workers: Key step towards elimination of viral hepatitis in developing countries.

<h4>Background</h4>Lack of awareness about viral hepatitis (VH) potentially predisposes the healthcare workers (HCWs) to a higher risk of infection and may in turn increase the risk of transmission of the infection to their families and in the community. Thus, combating VH, requires adeq...

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Autores principales:	Aayushi Rastogi, Sapna Chauhan, Archana Ramalingam, Madhavi Verma, Seena Babu, Sarita Ahwal, Akanksha Bansal
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5aca7c7b71f944ff9e550d5515436e8e2021-12-02T20:10:06ZCapacity building of healthcare workers: Key step towards elimination of viral hepatitis in developing countries.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0253539https://doaj.org/article/5aca7c7b71f944ff9e550d5515436e8e2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253539https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>Lack of awareness about viral hepatitis (VH) potentially predisposes the healthcare workers (HCWs) to a higher risk of infection and may in turn increase the risk of transmission of the infection to their families and in the community. Thus, combating VH, requires adequate and updated training to the HCWs. With this objective, Project PRAKASH designed a meticulously planned training program, aimed to assess the effect of a one-day training on VH among in-service nurses.<h4>Methods and material</h4>The content and schedule of scientific sessions of the training program were decided by subject experts to improve knowledge, attitude and practice(KAP) related to VH among in-service nurses. A 54-item questionnaire divided into four domains: Transmission and Risk Factors; Prevention; Treatment; Pathophysiology and Disease Progression were used to assess the KAP related to VH. The questionnaire consisted of four sections: demographic details, knowledge(30-items), attitude(12-items) and practice(12-itmes) with a total score of 30, 60 and 24 respectively in each section. The pre-post knowledge assessment was done and impact assessment survey was undertaken among the participants who completed six months post-training period. Paired-t-test was used to assess the effect of training on knowledge using SPSSv-22.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 5253 HCWs were trained through 32 one-day trainings, however data for 4474 HCWs was included in final pre-post knowledge analysis after removing the missing/incomplete data. Mean age of participants was 33.7±8.4 with median experience of 8(IQR: 3-13). Mean improvement in knowledge score was found to be significant (p<0.001) with mean knowledge score of 19.3±4.4 in pre-test and 25.7±3.9 in the post-test out of 30. Impact assessment survey suggested change in attitude and practice of HCWs.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The one-day training programs helped the in-service nurses to enhance their knowledge related to viral hepatitis. The study provided a roadmap to combating viral hepatitis through health education among HCWs about viral hepatitis.Aayushi RastogiSapna ChauhanArchana RamalingamMadhavi VermaSeena BabuSarita AhwalAkanksha BansalPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 6, p e0253539 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Aayushi Rastogi Sapna Chauhan Archana Ramalingam Madhavi Verma Seena Babu Sarita Ahwal Akanksha Bansal Capacity building of healthcare workers: Key step towards elimination of viral hepatitis in developing countries.
description	<h4>Background</h4>Lack of awareness about viral hepatitis (VH) potentially predisposes the healthcare workers (HCWs) to a higher risk of infection and may in turn increase the risk of transmission of the infection to their families and in the community. Thus, combating VH, requires adequate and updated training to the HCWs. With this objective, Project PRAKASH designed a meticulously planned training program, aimed to assess the effect of a one-day training on VH among in-service nurses.<h4>Methods and material</h4>The content and schedule of scientific sessions of the training program were decided by subject experts to improve knowledge, attitude and practice(KAP) related to VH among in-service nurses. A 54-item questionnaire divided into four domains: Transmission and Risk Factors; Prevention; Treatment; Pathophysiology and Disease Progression were used to assess the KAP related to VH. The questionnaire consisted of four sections: demographic details, knowledge(30-items), attitude(12-items) and practice(12-itmes) with a total score of 30, 60 and 24 respectively in each section. The pre-post knowledge assessment was done and impact assessment survey was undertaken among the participants who completed six months post-training period. Paired-t-test was used to assess the effect of training on knowledge using SPSSv-22.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 5253 HCWs were trained through 32 one-day trainings, however data for 4474 HCWs was included in final pre-post knowledge analysis after removing the missing/incomplete data. Mean age of participants was 33.7±8.4 with median experience of 8(IQR: 3-13). Mean improvement in knowledge score was found to be significant (p<0.001) with mean knowledge score of 19.3±4.4 in pre-test and 25.7±3.9 in the post-test out of 30. Impact assessment survey suggested change in attitude and practice of HCWs.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The one-day training programs helped the in-service nurses to enhance their knowledge related to viral hepatitis. The study provided a roadmap to combating viral hepatitis through health education among HCWs about viral hepatitis.
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author	Aayushi Rastogi Sapna Chauhan Archana Ramalingam Madhavi Verma Seena Babu Sarita Ahwal Akanksha Bansal
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title	Capacity building of healthcare workers: Key step towards elimination of viral hepatitis in developing countries.
title_short	Capacity building of healthcare workers: Key step towards elimination of viral hepatitis in developing countries.
title_full	Capacity building of healthcare workers: Key step towards elimination of viral hepatitis in developing countries.
title_fullStr	Capacity building of healthcare workers: Key step towards elimination of viral hepatitis in developing countries.
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Capacity building of healthcare workers: Key step towards elimination of viral hepatitis in developing countries.

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