Suchada Sutthiworapon, Polathep Vichitkunakorn, Kittisakdi Choomalee, Pitchayanont Ngamchaliew
Effect of online infographics for enhancing health literacy among patients with type 2 diabetes in primary care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic: a randomized controlled trial
BMC primary care
subsaharan africa one poorest child health outcomes world children born region face significant health challenges jeopardise proper growth development even though utilisation child healthcare services safeguards health children challenges encountered nurses delivery services caregivers utilisation services especially rural areas contributed poor child health outcomes region study explored experiences nurses caregivers respect nursing human resource challenges delivery utilisation child healthcare services rural district ghana individual qualitative interviews conducted ten nurses rendered child healthcare services nine caregivers regularly utilised available child healthcare services seven caregivers regular users services participants purposively selected study data collected using individual semistructured interview guides analysed qualitatively using content analysis themes subthemes generated data analysis ghana health service research ethics review committee nelson mandela universitys research ethics committee approved study protocol prior data collection three main themes emerged data analysis theme one focused shortage nurses affected quality availability child healthcare services theme two focused inexperienced nurses struggled cope demands related delivery child healthcare services theme three focused undesirable attitude displayed nurses discouraged caregivers utilising child healthcare services nurses contribute significantly delivery child healthcare services hence inadequacies amongst nurses terms staff numbers nursing expertise affect quality availability child healthcare services also caregivers perceptions quality child healthcare services based treatment receive hands nurses healthcare workers respect bad attitude nurses may disincentivise caregivers terms utilisation services needed urgent need comprehensively address challenges improve child healthcare outcomes rural areas ghana relevant authorities decentralise training workshops nurses rural areas update skills additionally health facilities institute proper orientation mentoring systems assist newly recruited nurses acquire requisite competences delivery quality familycentred care child healthcare services