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Knowledge And Implementation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses Among Health Workers in Model Primary Health Center Rumuodomaya, Rivers State, Nigeria

DAPPA, Lewa Gloria, DAGOGO-BROWN, Igirigi Deinabobo, ENYOKWA, Ifeyinwa

Abstract

Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) is an integrated approach to child Health that focuses on the wellbeing of the whole child (WHO, 2018). Infants and child mortality remains high in developing countries where almost 10 million deaths occur annually in children under five years old (UNICEF, 2016). The study is on the knowledge and implementation of integrated management of childhood illness among health workers in Model Primary Health care Centre Rumuodomaya, Rivers State. The objectives of the study are to assess the level of knowledge of IMCI, to investigate the extent of implementation of IMCI. To find out the barriers to the implementation of IMCI. The target population of the study was 30 health care workers in Primary Health Centre and the sample size of all the 30 health workers was used for the study because the population size was few. A

Keywords

KnowledgeImplementationIntegratedIllnessChildhoodManagement

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