The P-KIDs CARE Health Systems Intervention in Tanzania

In Aim 1, the investigators will conduct formative research to inform development of the P-KIDs CARE intervention. The investigators will enroll 100 children into the pediatric injury registry and conduct capacity assessments of the two study facilities using the WHO Health Emergency Unit Assessment Tool. The investigators will conduct in-depth interviews (IDIs) with 15 family members of pediatric injury patients who were referred and made it to Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), and 15 family members of pediatric injury patients who were referred but did not make it to KCMC. The investigators will conduct 2 focus group discussions (FGDs) with approximately 10-15 healthcare providers of pediatric injury patients at each of the 2 the study facilities. In Aim 2, the investigators will use this formative data to develop the P-KIDs CARE intervention during a 2-day intervention development workshop with an interdisciplinary study team. The investigators will then perform a pre-implementation assessment and refinement by convening focus group discussions with healthcare providers and a community-engaged panel. This step will enable us to obtain feedback and refine the intervention. In Aim 3, the investigators will pilot the intervention in 2 study facilities in the Kilimanjaro Region. The investigators anticipate 10 total healthcare providers will be enrolled across the 2 study facilities. The investigators expect to enroll approximately 200 pediatric injury patients, 100 in the pre-intervention period and 100 in the post-intervention period. The investigators will conduct post-surveys and exit interviews for healthcare providers using the intervention, assessing implementation outcomes including feasibility, healthcare provider acceptability, and fidelity. The investigators will also conduct interviews with family members of 12 patients referred to KCMC and 12 patients not referred, assessing acceptability and satisfaction with the disposition decision. The investigators will also collect patient-level, potential trial outcomes including time from first care to definitive care, disposition, morbidity, and mortality. The primary outcome will be mortality. The second outcomes will be time to definitive care, disposition, and morbidity. While not powered to determine effect size, the investigators hope that preliminary analysis will suggest a signal of difference between groups.

Inclusion criteria

• AIM 1 (mixed methods research)

• Enroll into the pediatric injury registry all pediatric (<18 years old) patients seeking care at one of the study health facilities for an acute injury.
• The investigators will conduct in-depth interviews with the following group: Family members of a pediatric injury patients seeking care at the study facilities.
• The investigators will conduct focus group discussions with the following group: Health care providers providing care to pediatric injury patients at the study facilities.
• AIM 2 (develop intervention)

• The investigators will hold a 2-day intervention development workshop with the interdisciplinary study team.
• The investigators will conduct focus group discussions with the following groups:

• Health care providers providing care to pediatric injury patients at the study health facilities
• A community-engaged panel including family members of pediatric injury patients
• AIM 3 (pilot intervention)

• The investigators will enroll into the pediatric injury registry all pediatric (<18 years old) patients seeking care at one of the study health facilities for an acute injury.
• The investigators will conduct surveys and exit interviews with the following groups:

• Health care providers providing care to pediatric injury patients at the study health facilities.
• Family members of pediatric injury patients.