du Plessis L, Black F, Detjen A, Hesseling A C, du Preez K
Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France.
Public Health Action. 2017 Jun 21;7(2):175-177. doi: 10.5588/pha.16.0116.
Novel, effective tuberculosis (TB) training strategies are needed in developing settings to scale up training and improve TB management at facility level. This study evaluated the feasibility of implementing an online childhood TB training course for community-based health-care workers in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, and measured its impact on knowledge. Training sessions were convened and participants completed the course independently. A total of 220 primary care participants completed pre- and post-training tests. The mean knowledge increase was 8% (95% confidence interval 7.0-8.8, < 0.001). The course proved an acceptable, versatile option for decentralised training in childhood TB, provided that the technology requirements can be met.
在发展中地区，需要新颖、有效的结核病培训策略来扩大培训规模并改善医疗机构层面的结核病管理。本研究评估了为南非东开普省社区医护人员实施在线儿童结核病培训课程的可行性，并衡量了其对知识掌握情况的影响。培训课程召开，参与者独立完成课程。共有220名初级保健参与者完成了培训前和培训后的测试。知识平均增加了8%（95%置信区间7.0 - 8.8，<0.001）。该课程被证明是儿童结核病分散式培训的一个可接受、通用的选择，前提是能够满足技术要求。
