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Evaluations of training and education interventions for improved infectious disease management in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review

OBJECTIVES: To identify most vital input and outcome parameters required for evaluations of training and education interventions aimed at addressing infectious diseases in low-income and middle-income countries. DESIGN: Systematic review. DATA SOURCES: PubMed/Medline, Web of Science and Scopus were...

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Autores principales: van Dorst, Pim Wilhelmus Maria, van der Pol, Simon, Salami, Olawale, Dittrich, Sabine, Olliaro, Piero, Postma, Maarten, Boersma, Cornelis, van Asselt, Antoinette Dorothea Isabelle
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8860039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35190429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053832
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author van Dorst, Pim Wilhelmus Maria
van der Pol, Simon
Salami, Olawale
Dittrich, Sabine
Olliaro, Piero
Postma, Maarten
Boersma, Cornelis
van Asselt, Antoinette Dorothea Isabelle
author_facet van Dorst, Pim Wilhelmus Maria
van der Pol, Simon
Salami, Olawale
Dittrich, Sabine
Olliaro, Piero
Postma, Maarten
Boersma, Cornelis
van Asselt, Antoinette Dorothea Isabelle
author_sort van Dorst, Pim Wilhelmus Maria
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description OBJECTIVES: To identify most vital input and outcome parameters required for evaluations of training and education interventions aimed at addressing infectious diseases in low-income and middle-income countries. DESIGN: Systematic review. DATA SOURCES: PubMed/Medline, Web of Science and Scopus were searched for eligible studies between January 2000 and November 2021. STUDY SELECTION: Health economic and health-outcome studies on infectious diseases covering an education or training intervention in low-income and middle-income countries were included. RESULTS: A total of 59 eligible studies covering training or education interventions for infectious diseases were found; infectious diseases were categorised as acute febrile infections (AFI), non-AFI and other non-acute infections. With regard to input parameters, the costs (direct and indirect) were most often reported. As outcome parameters, five categories were most often reported including final health outcomes, intermediate health outcomes, cost outcomes, prescription outcomes and health economic outcomes. Studies showed a wide range of per category variables included and a general lack of uniformity across studies. CONCLUSIONS: Further standardisation is needed on the relevant input and outcome parameters in this field. A more standardised approach would improve generalisability and comparability of results and allow policy-makers to make better informed decisions on the most effective and cost-effective interventions.
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spelling pubmed-88600392022-03-08 Evaluations of training and education interventions for improved infectious disease management in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review van Dorst, Pim Wilhelmus Maria van der Pol, Simon Salami, Olawale Dittrich, Sabine Olliaro, Piero Postma, Maarten Boersma, Cornelis van Asselt, Antoinette Dorothea Isabelle BMJ Open Infectious Diseases OBJECTIVES: To identify most vital input and outcome parameters required for evaluations of training and education interventions aimed at addressing infectious diseases in low-income and middle-income countries. DESIGN: Systematic review. DATA SOURCES: PubMed/Medline, Web of Science and Scopus were searched for eligible studies between January 2000 and November 2021. STUDY SELECTION: Health economic and health-outcome studies on infectious diseases covering an education or training intervention in low-income and middle-income countries were included. RESULTS: A total of 59 eligible studies covering training or education interventions for infectious diseases were found; infectious diseases were categorised as acute febrile infections (AFI), non-AFI and other non-acute infections. With regard to input parameters, the costs (direct and indirect) were most often reported. As outcome parameters, five categories were most often reported including final health outcomes, intermediate health outcomes, cost outcomes, prescription outcomes and health economic outcomes. Studies showed a wide range of per category variables included and a general lack of uniformity across studies. CONCLUSIONS: Further standardisation is needed on the relevant input and outcome parameters in this field. A more standardised approach would improve generalisability and comparability of results and allow policy-makers to make better informed decisions on the most effective and cost-effective interventions. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8860039/ /pubmed/35190429 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053832 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Infectious Diseases
van Dorst, Pim Wilhelmus Maria
van der Pol, Simon
Salami, Olawale
Dittrich, Sabine
Olliaro, Piero
Postma, Maarten
Boersma, Cornelis
van Asselt, Antoinette Dorothea Isabelle
Evaluations of training and education interventions for improved infectious disease management in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review
title Evaluations of training and education interventions for improved infectious disease management in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review
title_full Evaluations of training and education interventions for improved infectious disease management in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review
title_fullStr Evaluations of training and education interventions for improved infectious disease management in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review
title_full_unstemmed Evaluations of training and education interventions for improved infectious disease management in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review
title_short Evaluations of training and education interventions for improved infectious disease management in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review
title_sort evaluations of training and education interventions for improved infectious disease management in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review
topic Infectious Diseases
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8860039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35190429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053832
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