Training of Community Health Workers through a Simplified CPR Program

Original title: Entrenamiento de Agentes Comunitarios de Salud mediante un Programa Simplificado de RCP

Franko Omar Garcia Solorzano
,
Deici Dávila-Altamirano
,
Roxanna Solano
,
Cesar Josue Casquero Zambrano
,
Alvaro M. Ñaña-Cordova
,
Milagritos N. Asmat

Universidad Científica del Sur
,
Medicina humana
,
Universidad Científica del Sur

Research Output:

Contribution to journal

Article

Peer-review

Open access

Publication Information

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Research Output:

Contribution to journal

Article

Peer-review

Original language

Spanish (Peru)

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 96-103 (9 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana (Volume 25, Issue 3)

Publication milestones

Published - 02/10/2025

Publication status

Published - 02/10/2025

ISSN

1814-5469

Abstract

Community health workers (CHWs) are key actors in communities with limited access to healthcare, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a strategy with proven effectiveness, although its training programs are usually extensive. It is unclear whether a simplied, simulation-based training could improve CHWs’knowledge and attitudes. A quasi-experimental study was therefore conducted with 119 CHWs. At baseline, the prevalence of inadequate knowledge and unfavorable attitudes toward CPR was 74.8% and 40%, respectively. However, following the training, signicant increases were observed not only in knowledge levels (p<0.001), but also in willingness to perform CPR (p<0.001), self-condence to perform it (p<0.001), and perceived relevance of knowing how to apply it (p<0.001). These ndings suggest the potential of this strategy, which should be conrmed in future studies assessing its operational impact in real practice and community health.

Access to documents

https://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH/article/view/7585

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License:CC BY-ND

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