Client satisfaction with integrated community case management program in Wakiso District, Uganda, October 2012: A cross sectional survey

Abstract Background In some areas of Uganda, village health workers (VHW) deliver Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) care, providing initial assessment of children under 5 years of age as well as protocol-based treatment of malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhoea for eligible patients. Little is known about community perspectives on or satisfaction with iCCM care. This study examines usage of and satisfaction with iCCM care as well as potential associations between these outcomes and time required to travel to the household’s preferred health facility. Methods A cross-sectional household survey was administered in a rural subcounty in western Uganda during December 2016, using a stratified random sampling approach in villages where iCCM care was available. Households were eligible if the household contained one or more children under 5 years of age. Results A total of 271 households across 8 villages were included in the final sample. Of these, 39% reported that it took over an hour to reach their preferred health facility, and 73% reported walking to the health facility; 92% stated they had seen a VHW for iCCM care in the past, and 55% had seen a VHW in the month prior to the survey. Of respondents whose households had sought iCCM care, 60% rated their overall experience as “very good” or “excellent,” 97% stated they would seek iCCM care in the future, and 92% stated they were “confident” or “very confident” in the VHW’s overall abilities. Longer travel time to the household’s preferred health facility did not appear to be associated with higher propensity to seek iCCM care or higher overall satisfaction with iCCM care. Conclusions In this setting, community usage of and satisfaction with iCCM care for malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhoea appears high overall. Ease of access to facility-based care did not appear to impact the choice to access iCCM care or satisfaction with iCCM care.

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Baseline malaria prevalence and care-seeking behaviours in rural Madagascar prior to a trial to expand malaria community case management to all ages

Malaria Journal ◽

10.1186/s12936-021-03956-z ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Dean Sayre ◽

Laura C. Steinhardt ◽

Judickaelle Irinantenaina ◽

Catherine Dentinger ◽

Tsinjo Fehizoro Rasoanaivo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Case Management ◽

Cluster Randomized Trial ◽

Malaria Prevalence ◽

Care Seeking ◽

Older Individuals ◽

Community Case Management ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Integrated Community Case Management ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Community Healthcare

Abstract Background Integrated community case management of malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhoea can reduce mortality in children under five years (CU5) in resource-poor countries. There is growing interest in expanding malaria community case management (mCCM) to older individuals, but limited empirical evidence exists to guide this expansion. As part of a two-year cluster-randomized trial of mCCM expansion to all ages in southeastern Madagascar, a cross-sectional survey was conducted to assess baseline malaria prevalence and healthcare-seeking behaviours. Methods Two enumeration areas (EAs) were randomly chosen from each catchment area of the 30 health facilities (HFs) in Farafangana district designated for the mCCM age expansion trial; 28 households were randomly selected from each EA for the survey. All household members were asked about recent illness and care-seeking, and malaria prevalence was assessed by rapid diagnostic test (RDT) among children < 15 years of age. Weighted population estimates and Rao-Scott chi-squared tests were used to examine illness, care-seeking, malaria case management, and malaria prevalence patterns. Results Illness in the two weeks prior to the survey was reported by 459 (6.7%) of 8050 respondents in 334 of 1458 households surveyed. Most individuals noting illness (375/459; 82.3%) reported fever. Of those reporting fever, 28.7% (112/375) sought care; this did not vary by participant age (p = 0.66). Most participants seeking care for fever visited public HFs (48/112, 46.8%), or community healthcare volunteers (CHVs) (40/112, 31.0%). Of those presenting with fever at HFs or to CHVs, 87.0% and 71.0%, respectively, reported being tested for malaria. RDT positivity among 3,316 tested children < 15 years was 25.4% (CI: 21.5–29.4%) and increased with age: 16.9% in CU5 versus 31.8% in 5–14-year-olds (p < 0.0001). Among RDT-positive individuals, 28.4% of CU5 and 18.5% of 5–14-year-olds reported fever in the two weeks prior to survey (p = 0.044). Conclusions The higher prevalence of malaria among older individuals coupled with high rates of malaria testing for those who sought care at CHVs suggest that expanding mCCM to older individuals may substantially increase the number of infected individuals with improved access to care, which could have additional favorable effects on malaria transmission.

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Narrowing the treatment gap with equitable access: mid-term outcomes of a community case management program in Cameroon

Health Policy and Planning ◽

10.1093/heapol/czs110 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 28 (7) ◽

pp. 705-716 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

M. Littrell ◽

L. V. Moukam ◽

R. Libite ◽

J. C. Youmba ◽

G. Baugh

Keyword(s):

Case Management ◽

Management Program ◽

Treatment Gap ◽

Equitable Access ◽

Community Case Management ◽

Case Management Program

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The Community Case Management Program: For 12 Years, Caring at Its Best

Geriatric Nursing ◽

10.1016/j.gerinurse.2008.01.010 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 207-215 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Cyndy Hunt Luzinski ◽

Eleanor Stockbridge ◽

Janet Craighead ◽

Deborah Bayliss ◽

Marie Schmidt ◽

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Keyword(s):

Case Management ◽

Management Program ◽

Community Case Management ◽

Case Management Program

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Willingness to Pay for Community Health Financing: An Approach to Financing and Sustainability of Integrated Community Case Management of Childhood Illness in Rural Communities in Niger State

Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology ◽

10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i731332 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 82-92

Author(s):

I. M. Sheshi ◽

A. Ahmed ◽

M. D. Sani ◽

Y. F. Issa ◽

B. E. Agbana

Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Case Management ◽

Willingness To Pay ◽

State Government ◽

Community Intervention ◽

Health Financing ◽

Community Case Management ◽

Integrated Community Case Management ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Government

Introduction: Community based health financing mechanism is referred to as a process whereby household in a community finance or co finance the recurrent and capital cost associated with a given set of health services thereby also include management of financial scheme and organization of health services. Iccm as a strategy to providing integrated case management services for two or more illness including diarrhea, malaria, pneumonia among children from two to upto five years. It is a community approach where lay persons are trained on management of the three diseases. This approach is being funded by foreign donor. However, there was stipulated period in which this support would elapsed and the support from the state Government may not be feasible. In an attempt to source for financing of iccm, this study aim at determining the willingness of the caregiver to use Community financing approach through payment of Premium to finance this community intervention (iccm). The concept of willingness to pay is maximum price a consumer is willing to pay for a given product or services. Materials and Methodology: A descriptive Cross sectional study was carried out among four hundred respondents that were selected using Multi stage sampling technique. Data was collected, coded and entered into a computer. Analysis was carried out using SPSS. Chi Square and logistic regression was used as a test of significance. Level of significance was set at Pvalue less than 0.05. Results: Twenty two percent of the respondents had good knowledge of iccm activities. Less than half of the respondents 41.3% were satisfied with iccm activities. Majority of the respondents 93.3% were willing to pay. Out of this, half of them 50.0% said they could only afford to pay less than 1000 naira per annum and 72.8% said the convenient time to pay was during the harvesting time. Factors influencing willingness to pay include Age, marital status and income level ( Pvalue <0.05). Knowledge and level of satisfaction were not influencing factors. The predictor of willingness to pay are aged 38-47 years and income of less than 5000 naira. Conclusion and Recommendation: There was willingness of the respondents to contribute for financing and sustainability of iccm in Niger State but the amount the majority of them were willing to pay was less than 1000 naira which might not able to sustain the iccm activities. There may be need for further research to determine amount needed for the annual activities and hence sustainability of iccm. The Government should show much responsibilities toward financing of iccm. Bi-apartite arrangement could be made between State Government and the Communities with iccm in place on how to share some responsibilities of iccm activities.

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Telepharmacy in Mental Health Outpatient Case Management

Journal of Pharmacy Technology ◽

10.1177/875512250702300505 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 23 (5) ◽

pp. 281-283 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

J Edwin Nieves ◽

Kathleen M Stack ◽

Martin Cruz

Keyword(s):

Case Management ◽

Access To Health Care ◽

Low Cost ◽

Management Program ◽

Case Managers ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

Community Case Management ◽

Case Management Program ◽

Seriously Mentally Ill ◽

Reliable Solution

Objective: To describe the use of videophones to augment community-based case management medical services, particularly for in-home pharmacy consultations. Discussion: Despite recent technologic advances, telepharmacy image applications, in which a patient and a pharmacist can see each other, are rather limited in number and variety. However, videophone technology can fill this role well, given its portability, low cost, reliability, privacy, ease of use, and minimal technologic requirements. Videophone deployment in our psychiatry community case-management program has improved both medical and pharmacist access to a population of seriously mentally ill patients. Specifically, the ability to reach a hospital-based pharmacist through videophone, while making home visits, has allowed clarification of medication preparation and authorization of refills as well as improving treatment adherence. In short, despite minor technical limitations, videophones provide a simple and, in our case, reliable solution for in-home care. To date, both patients and case managers have responded with satisfaction to this treatment adjunct. Conclusions: Despite some limitations, videophone technology can increase patient access to health care, particularly pharmacy consultations. Expanded use of this technology would allow for systematic studies to support or refute the successes documented at our institution.

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