PALSA PLUS nurse-training was based on the principles of educational outreach – a strategy shown to be effective in changing private health provider behaviour and practice [ 21].
The training program was based on the knowledge translation principles of educational outreach, an approach known to be effective in changing HCW behavior and practice [ 5].
This process evaluation nonetheless shows that on-site training based on a 'cascade' model; drawing on the principles of educational outreach and interactive learning; and providing ongoing support to healthcare providers, is valued highly by primary care nurses as facilitative of their work.
Encouragingly, the outreach was not significantly associated with levels of either PTSR or depression, in line with the principle of universal early outreach.
With the threat of withdrawing charitable status hanging over the independent sector like the sword of damocles, even if a school did not believe in this kind of outreach as a point of principle, it certainly would engage out of pragmatism.
What sort of outreach should be done?
Moazzam Begg, director of Outreach, Cage 24.
"We've done a lot of outreach".
Nelson Muffuh, head of outreach, United Nations post-2015 developlanninganning team, New York.
Today, he is director of outreach for the mission.
