TABLE 4.
Categorized Responses From Open-Ended Questions on Postcourse and Follow-Up Surveys
| Response Categories (in Italics) and Subcategories | No. of responses* | Example Quotations from Each Category |
| Postcourse survey responses | ||
| Improved knowledge and skills |
I am better informed in facing challenges and answering questions that come up during work. I have learned a lot about IYCF, most of the information in this course we were not taught in college. I am now able to confidently take care of patients especially women and children. |
|
| Knowledge or perspective | 173 | |
| Capacity or skills | 58 | |
| Important existing course topics | 67 | |
| Filled gaps, refresher | 17 | |
| Course was useful/good |
This course was refreshing and was like a complete checklist of knowledge and a very interesting learning experience. Send me more online course works and together we shall improve on lives of children. |
|
| Good course, empowering | 73 | |
| Useful, practical, or helpful | 60 | |
| Grateful, thankful | 53 | |
| Interesting, enjoyed course | 29 | |
| Wants more courses | 26 | |
| Recommends to others | 20 | |
| Application of course to work |
We have a lot of malnutrition cases in my country, so I am planning to educate the community how to manage this condition. This course will help me broaden my IYCF interventions in communities where I work. |
|
| Impact on job/work | 67 | |
| Applying, teaching, or counseling in community | 57 | |
| Implementation, programming, and policy | 43 | |
| Improve practice | 21 | |
| Career advancement | 13 | |
| Follow-up survey responses | ||
| Impact of course |
I have been able to do counseling to many HIV women feeding their children. I show them the importance of breastfeeding their children for 6 months. I conducted a refresher program for my colleagues by including the contents of the course, which they found extremely useful. All of my colleagues have now completed the course. |
|
| Improved skills and knowledge | 87 | |
| Important existing course topics | 30 | |
| Improved practices or care | 27 | |
| Supporting communities and programs | 21 | |
| Who has been impacted | 16 | |
| Training others | 9 | |
| Course was useful/good | Very essential and useful course. I will recommend every humanitarian worker, most especially those in nutrition, to take the course. | |
| Useful, helpful | 74 | |
| Grateful, thank you | 32 | |
| Excellent, fantastic, important, etc. | 25 | |
| Recommend course to others | 11 | |
| Helped my work or career | With the completion of the course and certification I am now see[n] as a well knowledgeable person in nutrition in the society and work place. | |
| Competence, expert | 18 | |
| Confidence | 6 | |
| Promotion, advanced career | 6 | |
| Wants more… | [The course] has enhanced my knowledge… More advance[d] course with better certificate and credit hours would excel my professional life. Request you[r] team to design such [a] course for professionals like me. | |
| Courses and training | 27 | |
| Diploma, advanced degree | 9 | |
| Languages offered | 4 |
*
Responses were optional, and people could respond more than once.
IYCF indicates infant and young child feeding.