A Hypothetical Model to Predict the Potential Impact of Government and Management Support in Implementing Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Practices

Overview

Journal Oman Med J

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2017 Jun 7

PMID 28584603

Citations 3

Authors

Fannah Al Fannah Al Araimi

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Abstract

Objectives: Despite broad adoption and implementation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) in more than 100 countries, childhood mortality and morbidity rates continue to prevail. This calls for further investigation to identify the factors that prevent actual application of IMCI-recommended clinical practices. This study tests a hypothetical structural model to investigate potential role of government and healthcare policymakers on improving implementation and application of IMCI-recommended practices in clinical setting.

Methods: The study was carried out at Sur and Ibra Nursing Institutes in Oman, in June 2016. We used six pre-tested and validated constructs for developing a hypothetical structural model. The constructs were used as underlying variables to examine the probable influence of government and policymakers on actual application of IMCI-recommended practices. Data were collected through structured questionnaires, which designed to measure healthcare professionals' perceptions. Each construct was pre-loaded with three sub-constructs. Cronbach's alpha (CA) was used to calculate the internal consistency and reliability.

Results: Factor loadings for each item in the model were ≥ 0.700. CA values for all the studied constructs were > 0.600. The average variance extracted values for all the constructs were > 0.500.

Conclusions: The findings support the hypothetical structural model and highlights governments could play a significant role in ensuring that IMCI strategy is not only implemented, but also its recommended practices are applied in clinical setting.

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