Educational Needs Assessment of Family Health Providers in Tabriz Health Care Centers in 2015
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Background
This study intends to determine the educational needs of family health staff employed in health care centers in Tabriz, the provincial capital of east Azerbaijan, Iran in 2015.Methods
In this cross-sectional study 282 staff were enrolled, together with 22 managers, through census. The data collection tool was a researcher-designed questionnaire whose content validity were confirmed by 5 experts of health care and medical education centers. They self--evaluated their knowledge, skills and attitudes in 6 task processes including "integrated care for pregnant women", "womens general and reproductive health", "child health care and breastfeeding", "vaccination skills", "teenagers and young adults health", and "common diseases prevention and control". Cronbach alpha coefficients were over 0.85. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 16 and descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and one-sample t tests were calculated to compare the mean of scores with midpoint criteria (=3).Results
Generally family health staff self-evaluated their knowledge, skills and attitudes in all task processes in higher than midpoint criteria level, which was consistent with the opinions of the managers, however, educational needs required by personnel in some processes or sub- process including "common diseases prevention and control" ( knowledge on referring thalassemia couples for genetic testing, mental health counseling), "vaccination skills" ( intradermal vaccination skills), "teenagers and young adults health" (Self-care training and parents education), "womens general and reproductive health" (principles of family planning counseling) and less needs stated in "integrated care for pregnant mothers" (except for diagnosis and management of ectopic pregnancy, placenta previa and abruption) and "child health care" as compared to criteria (All P value Conclusion
This study demonstrated the educational needs of family health providers in 6 task processes and prioritized them according to their views. Regular and comprehensive educational needs assessments are required to revise staff training programs, in order to give quality services to general population.Language:
English
Published:
Research and Development in Medical Education, Volume:6 Issue: 1, 2017
Pages:
12 to 18
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