Effectiveness of Educational Program for Nurses regarding Accreditation Standards of Family Health Centers

Background: Accreditation programs affect the positive performance of family health centers indifferent areas. Family healthcare services are crucial to early diagnosis and deliveringpreventive, curative, and palliative care across the life course. Aim of the study: It was to assessthe effectiveness of educational program for nurses regarding accreditation standards of familyhealth centers. Subjects and Method: Design: A quasi-experimental design was used. Setting:The study was conducted at Bettena and Damro family health centers at El-Mahala El-Kobra,which are affiliated with Ministry of Health and Population. Subjects: It consisted of all nurses(82 nurses) from two family health centers. Tools: Three tools was used: Monitoring checklistabout accreditation standards for family health centers, Knowledge structured questionnaire, andObservational checklist. Results: The majority (91.5% & 92.7%) of nurses had a good level ofknowledge immediately post-program and a satisfactory performance post three months of theprogram regarding accreditation standards, respectively. Conclusion: There was a statisticallysignificant correlation between nurses' overall knowledge and their overall performance aboutaccreditation standards of family health centers pre- and post-program. Recommendations:Family health centers managers need to maintain periodic educational training programs fornurses in order to improve their knowledge and skills about the accreditation standards of familyhealth centers