Dr Nick Lawrence, a year-abroad officer at the University of Warwick who initiated the programme for English in 2011, says: "Part of the benefit of studying abroad is that this comparative dimension is enhanced.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) initiated the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) in 2008 with the aim of assessing basic skills of the adult population in an internationally comparable way.
The period for enrolment of subjects and inclusion in the sample started at the various healthcare centres six months after case management nurses initiated the programme.
There were no significant differences in baseline characteristics between patients who initiated the programme and patients who failed to attend or were excluded (P ≥ 0.095).
Valid International, a company specialising in nutritional research in developing countries, helped initiate the programme and provided technical support to the LDHMT for implementation and staff training.
UNICEF, therefore, initiated the programme with the intention of using it as a part of an overall learning process for UNICEF, the collaborating partners, financial institutions, and the donor community.
In addition to the CHWs, the sole staff member was the manager (who initiated the programme) who was responsible for fundraising, operational management, supervision, and mentorship of the CHWs.
CR participation was defined in terms of: (1) whether the patient attended an intake assessment, and if yes (2) as the percentage of prescribed weekly on-site sessions attended among those who initiated the programme postintake.
