Introduction:

Health education in the home environment is crucial to strengthen the competences of the health team.

Objective: To identify the effects of an educational program in caregivers with technical training in nursing of a home care program, 2017.

Methodology:

Type of quasi-experimental study, the total population of caregivers with technical training in nursing of an institution was taken, corresponding 55 subjects belonging to the headquarters of the city of Cali and the municipality of Palmira. The educational program consisted of training in topics of respiratory care at home, communication strategies were framed in workshops, brochures and videos. A database adjusted to the purpose of the proposed objectives was created, which was analyzed in the SPSS version 20 format, and subjected to data review and consistency processes. The measurement instrument was a self-administered questionnaire, carried out by the authors and validated in a pilot test applied to 33 nursing auxiliaries external to the institution, with the same characteristics of the study population.

Results:

It was found that there is a significant difference after providing education regarding airway suction technique, with an average difference of 2.03 P value of 0.000.

Conclusions:

health education in the home context becomes an important strategy to ensure timely interventions within the care plans.

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