180
Participants
Start Date
August 25, 2024
Primary Completion Date
August 25, 2025
Study Completion Date
September 25, 2025
Implementation strategy - Health Promotion and Education-based intervention
Firstly, three broad strategies will be implemented in the intervention arm (use of advisory boards, sensitization, and linkage to care). The advisory board meetings will be held every month to discuss the progress and receive their feedback. Secondly, orientation and capacity building will be done by onsite coaching to community health workers at the health facility level on BSE. Those trained health workers will frequently capacitate FCHVs during monthly meetings. Then, FCHV will visit the community to be aware of BSE as well as they will be involved in a stigma reduction campaign. Sensitization to FCHVs through orientation and capacity building by providing 3 batch training to selected 3 wards, then FCHVs aware and practice the skills of BSE to the recruited participants during home visit and Thirdly, the suspected and identified cases will be linked by strengthening the referral mechanism of the health system and CHWs reminders for follow-up to cases.
Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Karnali, Nepal, Jumla
Karnali Academy of Health Sciences
OTHER