Knowledge of Medical Education on Maternal and Child Primary-Care Among Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Int J Public Health
; 69: 1606536, 2024.
Article
in En
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| ID: mdl-39027014
ABSTRACT
Objectives:
To assess the pre-training knowledge of Commune Health Stations (CHSs) physicians in Vietnam on pregnancy and child care.Methods:
A cross-sectional study was conducted and a pre-training questionnaire was administered with physicians working at CHSs in three mountainous provinces of northern Vietnam. Calculated mean knowledge score and estimated adjusted odds ratios (AOR) to compare the relative odds of occurrence of the outcome "answering more than half of questions correct," given exposure to the physicians' characteristics.Results:
A total of 302 CHS physicians participated. The mean number of correct answers across all participants was 5.4 out of 11. Female physicians are 2.20 (95% CI 1.35-3.59, p = 0.002) times more likely to answer correctly than their male counterparts. Physicians aged 35 years or more were significantly less likely to answer correctly (AOR 0.35, 95% CI 0.15-0.81, p = 0.014).Conclusion:
The study found that participating physicians possessed relatively low knowledge of pregnancy and child care. The study also found significant disparities in this knowledge according to the physicians' characteristics. Thus, it is recommended the requirement for continuing targeted medical education to improve doctors' proficiency in these areas.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J Public Health
Journal subject:
SAUDE PUBLICA
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Australia
Publication country:
CH
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SUIZA
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SUÍÇA
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SWITZERLAND