TITLE:
Impact of Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors Training on the Delivery of Malaria, Diarrhoea, and Family Planning Services in Nigeria
AUTHORS:
Chukwunonso Iheoma, Babajide Daini, Suliatu Lawal, Mukhtar Ijaiya, Wole Fajemisin
KEYWORDS:
Healthcare, Diarrhea, Malaria, Family Planning, PPMV
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.3 No.8,
August
15,
2016
ABSTRACT: This study aimed to investigate the impact of PPMV training on their
expertise to deliver quality healthcare services to the Nigerian public. The
participants were trained on counseling and dispensing of family planning
products diarrhea, and malaria products. The study adopted a multistage
sampling method and selected a random sample of 1133 PPMVs trained by SFH
between 2011 and 2014 who were interviewed between May and June 2015. Data were
analyzed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression methods. Results
reveal that training attendance was significantly associated with adequate
knowledge of diarrhea treatment and knowledge of family planning counseling
services. PPMVs who attended training twice, and those who attended more than
twice over the four years preceding the study were more likely to have adequate
knowledge of diarrhea treatment than those who attended only once. Similarly,
within the same four-year period, PPMVs who attended training twice and those
who attended more than twice were more likely to have adequate knowledge of
family planning counseling services than those attending once. Significant
association between training attendance and knowledge of malaria treatment was
not found. Adequate PPMV training program should be streamlined into the
national primary healthcare development program.