Robert A Hahn, Veda Rammohan, Benedict I Truman, Bobby Milstein, Robert L Johnson, Carles Muntañer, Camara P Jones, Mindy T Fullilove, Sajal K Chattopadhyay, Pete C Hunt, Ana F Abraido-Lanza
Effects of full-day kindergarten on the long-term health prospects of children in low-income and racial/ethnic-minority populations: a community guide systematic review
American journal of preventive medicine
social behavior change communication sbcc plays critical role improving behavior health outcomes across continuum healthcare failing implement tailored sbcc strategies continues pose risk ill health increase disease burden impact quality life people ethiopia frontline healthcare system actors knowledge skills sbcc rigorously assessed thus current study aimed assess healthcare system actors competencies designing implementing monitoring evaluating sbcc interventions ethiopia crosssectional study conducted 01 august 31 october 2020 five hundred twentyeight frontline healthcare system actors sbcc ethiopia included using simple random sampling technique data collected using selfadministered structured questionnaire adopted communication change sbcc capacity assessment tool descriptive analysis frequencies percentages mean median standard deviation sd interquartile range iqr employed besides correlations linear regression robust standard errors carried 95 confidence interval pvalue less 005 used declare significant statistical association total 488 frontline workers participated study response rate 924 mean sbcc knowledge score 132 standard deviation sd 399 592 scored 60 expected maximum score standard mean score overall skill sbcc intervention 236 sd 098 526 scored mean score sbcc knowledge significantly predicted service year regional variation hand sbcc skills significantly predicted sex service year profession regional variation sbcc knowledge regional variation main predictor knowledge skill sbcc regression models explained 231 502 variance knowledge skill sbcc respectively frontline healthcare system actors ethiopia low knowledge skills sbcc variations sbcc knowledge skill observed based demographic professionals experience related characteristics hence continuous capacity building activities need given frontline healthcare system actors enhance knowledge skill sbcc program achieve intended health results