Evaluation of a Health Care Worker Training Intervention to Improve the Early Diagnosis and Referral of Childhood Cancers in Ghana: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.
Adeleke FowokanGlenn Mbah AfungchwiLorna RennerPiera FrecceroSumit GuptaAvram E DenburgPublished in: JCO global oncology (2022)
Our findings suggest that although an HCW-focused training intervention has the potential to improve timely diagnosis and referral for childhood cancers in Ghana and comparable health system contexts, complementary interventions to address patient- and system-level implementation challenges are required to translate improvements in HCW knowledge to sustained impact on health outcomes for children with cancer.