சுகாதார அமைப்புகள் மற்றும் கொள்கை ஆராய்ச்சி

• ஜர்னல் ஹோம்
• காப்பகம்
ஆசிரியர்கள்
• ஆசிரியர் வழிகாட்டுதல்கள்
• கையெழுத்துப் பிரதியை சமர்ப்பிக்கவும்
விவரம்
• நோக்கம் மற்றும் நோக்கம்
• வெளியீட்டு நெறிமுறைகள்
• சக மதிப்பாய்வு செயல்முறை
• காப்புரிமை
• எங்களை தொடர்பு கொள்ள

சுருக்கம்

Challenges Facing Successful Scaling Up of Effective Screening for Cardiovascular Disease by Community Health Workers in Mexico and South Africa: Policy Implications

Abrahams-Gessel S, Denman CA, Gaziano TA, Levitt NS, Puoane T

The integration of community health workers (CHWs) into primary and secondary prevention functions in health programs and services delivery in Mexico and South Africa has been demonstrated to be effective. Task-sharing related to adherence and treatment, from nurses to CHWs, has also been effectively demonstrated in these areas. HIV/AIDS and TB programs in South Africa have seen similar successes in task-sharing with CHWs in the areas of screening for risk and adherence to treatment. In the area of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), there is a policy commitment to integrating CHWs into primary health care programs at public health facilities in both Mexico and South Africa in the areas of reproductive health and infant health. Yet current programs utilizing CHWs are not integrated into existing primary health care services in a comprehensive manner for primary and secondary prevention of NCDs. In a recently completed study, CHWs were trained to perform the basic diagnostic function of primary screening to assess the risk of suffering a CVD-related event in the community using a non-laboratory risk assessment tool and referring persons at moderate to high risk to local government clinics, for further assessment and management by a nurse or physician. In this paper we compare the experience with this CVD screening study to successful programs in vaccination, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, and TB specifically to identify the barriers we identified as limitations to replicating these programs in the area of CVD diagnosis and management. We review barriers impacting the effective translation of policy into practice, including scale up issues; training and certification issues; integrating CHW to existing primary care teams and health system; funding and resource gaps. Finally, we suggest policy recommendations to replicate the demonstrated success of programs utilizing task-sharing with CHWs in infectious diseases and reproductive health, to integrated programs in NCD.