title: Quality of management for acute respiratory tract infections and diarrhoeal diseases in rural Yemen.
abstract: To evaluate the performance of health workers with respect to diagnosis and treatment of acute respiratory infection (ARI) and acute diarrhoea (AD) in children < 5 years in 11 rural heath facilities in Yemen, we carried out a cross-sectional study on 219 cases of ARI and 93 cases of AD. Mean score for performance was 30.04 (range 21-39). The quality of care provided was fair in 89.4% and poor in 4.5% of cases. A "well done" performance of 6.3% was achieved by medical doctors but only 3.6% of medical assistants and 25% of medical assistants scored "poor" for performance, but only 2.5% of medical doctors. Health workers who had received training courses in ARI and AD performed slightly better than those who had not.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Public Health and Population, Sana'a, Yemen.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Al-Hamzi
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Al-Zubairi
authors.forename: Y A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Raja'a
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Al-Dabagh
authors.forename: N M F
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Al-Bayatti
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000592:standards; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000592:standards; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D014944:World Health Organization; D015006:Yemen