Module development and its effectiveness for improving the competencies of voluntary health workers in communicating safe complementary feeding to caregivers in Indonesia.

Introduction: In Indonesia, most training modules for health paraprofessionals have been adapted from existing foreign modules without assessment. In addition, there have been few studies on training development for this group. We aimed to develop, using a systematic tool, implement and evaluate a t...

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Publicado en:Malaysian Journal of Nutrition Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 99 - 117
Autores principales: Iswarawanti, Dwi Nastiti, Muslimatun, Siti, Basuki, Endang, Hadi, Ahmad
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Publicado: Nutrition Society of Malaysia Mar2019
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          Iswarawanti, Dwi Nastiti
          Muslimatun, Siti
          Basuki, Endang
          Hadi, Ahmad
        affil: Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition, Pusat Kajian Gizi Regional Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta
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          Models, Educational Indonesia
          Professional Competence Evaluation
          Volunteer Workers Education
          Health Personnel Education
          Caregivers Education
          Infant Nutritional Physiology Education
          Eating Behavior Education
          Human
          Indonesia
          Qualitative Studies
          Interviews
          Focus Groups
          Group Processes
          Seminars and Workshops
          Quantitative Studies
          Cognition Evaluation
          Psychomotor Performance Evaluation
          Affect Evaluation
          Learning
      ab: Introduction: In Indonesia, most training modules for health paraprofessionals have been adapted from existing foreign modules without assessment. In addition, there have been few studies on training development for this group. We aimed to develop, using a systematic tool, implement and evaluate a training module to improve the competencies of voluntary health workers (cadres) in communicating safe complementary feeding practice to caregivers of young children in Indonesia. Methods: A mixed methods approach was used. A qualitative study employing in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, mini-workshops, documentary reviews and expert validation was used to develop the training module, following a systematic approach. The module's effectiveness for improving the health workers' competencies was evaluated using a quantitative study with a non-equivalent pre-test and post-test control group design that included 70 (intervention group) and 68 (comparison group) voluntary health workers from a peri-urban district. Changes in the workers' cognitive, affective and psychomotor competencies were tested before and after attending a 3-day training module (intervention group) or a half-day event (comparison group). Results: A 24-hour learning session module on communicating safe complementary feeding was developed and used to train voluntary health workers. After the training, a significantly higher proportion of workers in the intervention group than in the comparison group were assessed as competent in the psychomotor and composite domains (psychomotor: 67.1% vs. 20.6%; composite: 74.3% vs. 36.8%; p<0.001). Conclusion: This systematically developed module was effective in improving the competencies of voluntary health workers regarding communicating safe complementary feeding practice to caregivers in Indonesia.
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