Effectiveness of a Training Module in Detecting Developmental Delays in Children (0-6 Years) by Frontline Workers in a Rural Setting of Odisha: A Cluster Randomized Trial | Chapter 13 | Research Highlights in Disease and Health Research Vol. 6

 The objective concerning this chapter search out build the capacity of frontline workers (FLWs) and estimate of effectiveness of a commutable training design in detection of developmental delays in youngsters less than 6 age of age utilizing a cluster randomized trial approach. In India, screening and management of adolescence diseases are restricted by a lack of doctors and paediatricians at the community level (center and block). Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) was established under the NRHM in 2013 to provide free hide for birth defects, ailments, deficiencies, and disadvantages to children aged 0 to 18.A society based interventional study was attended in Tangi block having a total society of 1,67,144 and 0-6 years community of 19,445 as per census 2011, in Khurdha district of Odisha. The preparation module was constituted by referring to the preparation module for medical police in the RBSK mobile energy team, that was then translated into provincial language (Oriya). One of the authors (AKS) confirmed the final interpreted module. The anganwadi workers (AWWs) and the certified social strength activists (ASHAs) in one study arm were prepared using a structured preparation module particularly developed in territorial language for screening kids for developmental delay (DD).A total of 35 AWWs and 25 ASHAs in attack arm and 27 AWWs and 26 ASHAs in control arm were inducted in the study. The FLWs in the intervention arm could discover 8 children accompanying DD after preparation and FLWs in control arm could discover 1 child accompanying DD. With a sample of 870 children in the mediation arm and 847 children in the control arm, the investigator found that the prevalence of DD was 1.3% in the mediation arm and 1.4% in the control arm.Training of the FLWs using a preparation module in regional terminology helped in labeling of children in 0-6 age age group having enlightening delays (DDs). Hence, the government bear take into account AWW and ASHA volume building for fear that they can be integrated into the fitness system and the RBSK program for hide children.

Author(s) Details:

Susmita Dora,
Department of Community Medicine & Family Medicine, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Vikas Bhatia,
AIIMS, Bibinagar, Telengana, India.

Binod Kumar Behera,
Department of Community Medicine & Family Medicine, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Amit Kumar Satapathy,
Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

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