Feasibility of integrating nurse-administered infant hearing screening into an immunisation programme at a primary healthcare clinic in South Africa: A Hybrid Type 2 trial
Integrating nurse-administered INHS into an immunisation programme is both feasible and adoptable, contingent on resource allocation and personnel training. The INHS programme also showed effectiveness in expanding access to INHS and reducing the HL identification age to acceptable standards. Further large-scale trials are recommended to evaluate the programme's applicability in other contexts and its long-term sustainability.
Authors
- Mukovhe Phanguphangu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2535-9856)
- Andrew Ross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8921-8318)
Institutions
- Howard College (US)
- King Edward VIII Hospital (ZA)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
- Published
- 2025-06-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2025.112446
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.55
Funders
- South African Medical Research Council
- National Treasury
- Division of Research Capacity Development