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Bansal A, Rastogi A, Chauhan S, et al. Empowering in-service nurses in management of viral hepatitis through Programmed Approach to Knowledge and Sensitization on Hepatitis (PRAKASH): An experience from a capacity building initiative. J Family Med Prim Care. 2021;10(8):3021-3028doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_264_21.
Bansal, A., Rastogi, A., Chauhan, S., Varshney, M., Prakash, A., Kumar, A., & Syed, S. (2021). Empowering in-service nurses in management of viral hepatitis through Programmed Approach to Knowledge and Sensitization on Hepatitis (PRAKASH): An experience from a capacity building initiative. Journal of family medicine and primary care, 10(8), 3021-3028. https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_264_21
Bansal, Akanksha, et al. "Empowering in-service nurses in management of viral hepatitis through Programmed Approach to Knowledge and Sensitization on Hepatitis (PRAKASH): An experience from a capacity building initiative." Journal of family medicine and primary care vol. 10,8 (2021): 3021-3028. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_264_21
Bansal A, Rastogi A, Chauhan S, Varshney M, Prakash A, Kumar A, Syed S. Empowering in-service nurses in management of viral hepatitis through Programmed Approach to Knowledge and Sensitization on Hepatitis (PRAKASH): An experience from a capacity building initiative. J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Aug;10(8):3021-3028. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_264_21. Epub 2021 Aug 27. PMID: 34660441; PMCID: PMC8483122.
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J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Aug;10(8):3021-3028. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_264_21. Epub 2021 Aug 27.

Empowering in-service nurses in management of viral hepatitis through Programmed Approach to Knowledge and Sensitization on Hepatitis (PRAKASH): An experience from a capacity building initiative.

Journal of family medicine and primary care

Akanksha Bansal, Aayushi Rastogi, Sapna Chauhan, Mohit Varshney, Arun Prakash, Ashish Kumar, Sabin Syed

Affiliations

  1. Project ECHO and PRAKASH, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, Delhi, India.
  2. Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, Delhi, India.
  3. Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, Delhi, India.
  4. Administration, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, Delhi, India.

PMID: 34660441 PMCID: PMC8483122 DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_264_21

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Nursing fraternity are at an increased risk of acquiring hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections mainly attributable to occupational risk and close contact with the patients while treatment. However, unawareness and negligence about the severity, mode of transmission and preventive measures about the disease can further predispose the nursing fraternity to a higher risk of infection. To overcome these lacunae in knowledge, a training program named Project PRAKASH was initiated for in-service nurses across the country. The objective of the program was to impart up-to-date knowledge to the nursing professionals in the management of viral hepatitis and to assess the effectiveness of the training program through pre-post-knowledge assessment survey.

METHODOLOGY: One-day training program titled 'Hepatitis Induction Program' was conducted for a period of 2 years (2018-2020) among nursing professionals. It was accompanied by administration of 54-item knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) questionnaire with four sections: demographic details, knowledge (30 items), attitude (11 items) and practice (13 items), followed by post-knowledge assessment. An Impact Assessment Survey (IAS) was also administered to assess the change in attitude and practice among 10% of the attendees, at least 6 months post training.

RESULT: A total of 32 one-day training programmes were organised which witnessed the training of 5,253 nursing professionals from 292 institutions across 12 states. A data of 4,474 participants were included in the final analysis: improvement in the knowledge score was significant (

CONCLUSION: The one-day training resulted in improvement of knowledge and significant changes in the attitude and practices of the nursing professionals.

Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care.

Keywords: Capacity building; health personnel; hepatitis; human; infection control; needle-stick injuries; nurses; viral; viral hepatitis vaccines

Conflict of interest statement

No potential conflict of interest is encountered by the authors. The views and opinions expressed in this article are the work of the authors and do not necessarily reflect an official position of the

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