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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EVALUATION AND PHYSICAL REPORT (IJMEPR )

E-ISSN 2579-0498
P-ISSN 2695-2181
VOL. 9 NO. 2 2025
DOI: 10.56201/ijmepr.v9.no2.2025.pg25.34

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Evaluation of Primary Health Care Centres in Ahoada West Local Government Area Rivers State

Prof Innime Righteous, Dr I. N. Ojule

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Abstract

Evaluation of Primary Health Care Centre’s in Ahoada West Local Government Area. Quality systems can help to manage change while maintaining a high quality of care. A new model of quality systems inspired by the works of Donabedian has three factors: This study adopted a focus group discussion and population of the study comprises of primary health care centers staffs in Ahoada West Government Area. However, the Local Government Council has only 14 HCs and all these were included in this study. The objectives of this paper were to determine the capacity s of primary health care in Ahoada west local government area to render quality health care services. The instrument for the study was a structural quality protested questionnaire on facilities and equipment’s as predictors of effective health care delivery service and checklist of items on infrastructural quality and equipment. All 14 (100%) primary health care facilities in Ahoada West Local Government Area implement Essential Drug List Regulation. The 14 (100%) primary health care facilities have anti-malarial and haemathinics. Health care workers should ensure that they have adequate knowledge on how to handle their equipment.

keywords:

Human’s Resources, Structural Quality, Primary, Health Care, Capacity, Evaluation.

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