EVALUATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER ABOUT MEDICAL SERVICES FOR DRUG USERS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS: COMMUNITY INTERVENTION STUDY IN PHU THO, 2015-2017

Lê Mạnh Hùng, Phạm Đức Mạnh, Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, Nguyễn Hà Lâm, Nguyễn Hữu Thắng

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Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention program on community health workers about medical services for drug users and their family members. Subjects and methods: A randomized controlled trial of a community intervention was conducted on 150 health workers in 30 commune health centers (CHCs), Phu Tho from 2015 to 2017. Results: After 12 months, the rate of community health workers knew the reasons for drug users and their families did not come to scheduled appointments increased approximately 2 times; The rate of community health workers gave advice to drug users and their families increased approximately 1.7 times; The rate of community health workers who regularly encourage drug users and their families, and feeling that drug users similar to common customers increased over 1.5 times. 2 fields have the highest effective intervention which was community health workers know why drugs users and their family members did not come to scheduled appointments, and regularly advise clients and their families. They reached over 60%. Conclusions: This intervention program helped to significantly improve medical services at CHCs which provided drug users. Differences of effective intervention between the experimental group and control group were statistically significant (p<0.05).

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