Training in youth-friendly service provision improves nurses’ competency level in the Great Lakes Region

Carine Weiss, Yajna Elouard, Jana Gerold and Sonja Merten ()
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Carine Weiss: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Yajna Elouard: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Jana Gerold: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Sonja Merten: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

International Journal of Public Health, 2018, vol. 63, issue 6, No 9, 753-763

Abstract: Abstract Objectives This survey investigates whether relevant training and availability of guidelines improve self-reported competencies of nurses in the provision of youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services in South-Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda. Methods A quantitative baseline survey was conducted among nurses in randomly selected health facilities. Nurses providing youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services were asked to self-rate their competencies with regards to technical knowledge, clinical, and communication skills. In South-Kivu, Burundi, and Rwanda, 135, 131, and 99 nurses were interviewed, respectively. Results Overall differences of service and guideline availability and self-rated competencies can be observed between the three countries. In two countries, more than one in five nurses considered themselves to be only somewhat or not confident to counsel young people. Nurses from Rwanda showed the highest level of competencies followed by Burundi and South-Kivu. Lack of training in youth-friendly health services or family planning showed significant associations with reporting feeling somehow or not competent. Conclusions The lack of training, supervision, and guidelines expressed by the nurses is of great concern. Competency-based training in youth-friendly health services is an important approach in improving nurses’ competency level.

Keywords: Self-reported competencies; Nurses; SRH services; Young people; Training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-018-1106-6

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