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Table 3 Partial matrix for professional health care providers in facilities in Dangme West District

From: Development of a theory and evidence-based program to promote community treatment of fevers in children under five in a rural district in Southern Ghana: An intervention mapping approach

Performance Objectives for health professional staff

Health care providers will:

Determinants (Specific targets of the communication)

Attitude

Perceived Social Norm

Perceived Control/skills Self- efficacy

knowledge

Reinforcement

Express appreciation to caregivers that CHWs treat children with simple fever in the community.

Compliment caregivers for promptly responding to referral by CHW

Express importance of CHW work

Recognize importance of prompt reactions by caregivers by going to CHW if child has fever

Recognize importance of attending promptly to the referred case

Recognize that other communities work with CHWs

Feel confident in treating CHWs as equal partners in treating fever in children at the community level

Understand that project is a research project to test the effectiveness of home and community-based management of fevers in children using these new drugs

Describe the role of the CHW in community-based management of fever.

Praise caregiver for responding promptly to referral by CHW.

Compliment caregiver for promptly going with child with fever to CHW