Site preparedness and quality of HIV sentinel surveillance at antenatal care clinic sites in India, 2019
Autor: | Sanjay K Rai, Shashi Kant, Nishakar Thakur, Puneet Misra, S. N. Jha, Kiran Goswami |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Inservice Training Operating procedures media_common.quotation_subject Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) India Guidelines as Topic HIV Infections medicine.disease_cause supportive supervision Administrative support Pregnancy medicine Prevalence Humans Quality (business) Pregnancy Complications Infectious media_common Descriptive statistics integumentary system business.industry site preparedness Public health lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Prenatal Care lcsh:RA1-1270 General Medicine medicine.disease Sentinel site Cross-Sectional Studies Preparedness Female hiv sentinel surveillance Medical emergency Guideline Adherence business Sentinel Surveillance |
Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Public Health, Vol 64, Iss 5, Pp 4-7 (2020) |
Popis: | Background: Quality of HIV sentinel surveillance (HSS) depends on preparedness of the site and adherence to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for HSS. A designated sentinel site is considered prepared for the round of sentinel surveillance based on the availability of infrastructure, human resource, and consumables. Objectives: The study objectives were to describe the site level preparedness and adherence to SOP of antenatal care clinic (ANC) sites during the 16th round of HSS in India. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study based on the findings of the supervisory visits conducted by public health specialists in ANC sites during the 16th round of HSS from January to March 2019. Semi-structured checklists were used to assess site-preparedness and adherence to the SOP for HSS. All supervisors were expected to upload the filled pro forma to the HSS management information system (MIS). We present here a descriptive analysis of the uploaded visit reports. Results: Of 870 HSS sites, 783 (90%) were visited, and 479 (61.2%) reports were uploaded to MIS. Preround HSS training was not attended by one-fifth (22.6%) of the site in-charges; 35.8% of them had never received any HSS training. SOP was followed at most (94%) of the sites. The most frequently reported problem at the sites was inadequate or delayed availability of consumables. Conclusion: The overall quality of site-level preparedness at antenatal clinic sites in India was good. Attention needs to be given to timely and adequate availability of consumables at sentinel sites along with proper administrative support and preround training of site in-charges. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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