在肯尼亚的COVID-19大流行期间,探索关键利益相关者对非传染性疾病护理的看法
Sugitha Sureshkumar1, Kibachio Joseph Mwangi1,2, Gladwell Gathecha2
1Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
The Pan African medical journal
|July 17, 2023
概括
肯尼亚的非传染性疾病 (NCD) 护理在COVID-19大流行期间受到影响. 医疗保健提供者建议加强NCD服务和数字创新,以确保未来的应急准备.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生系统研究 卫生系统研究
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 非传染性疾病 (NCD) 占肯尼亚损失的残疾调整寿命年数的三分之一以上.
- COVID-19大流行加剧了肯尼亚卫生系统的现有压力.
- 政府致力于改善非传染性疾病护理的承诺在疫情期间面临着前所未有的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 评估卫生保健提供者在肯尼亚COVID-19大流行期间对非传染性疾病 (NCD) 护理的看法.
- 探索增强应对未来卫生紧急情况和保护非传染性疾病服务的战略.
主要方法:
- 在2021年5月至9月期间进行了一项跨部门在线调查.
- 参与者包括临床 (医生,护士) 和非临床 (公共卫生工作者,政策制定者) 角色的医疗保健人员.
- 受访者是通过随机和雪球采样招募的.
主要成果:
- 在236名参与者中出现了共识,即NCD护理在大流行期间受到干扰和损害.
- 减少的供应,资金和技术资源阻碍了NCD应对的连续性.
- 虽然COVID-19能力建设是积极的,但注意到缺乏对慢性病护理重定向的指导;提倡数字创新.
结论:
- 关键的利益相关者发现了卫生系统在疫情期间对非传染性疾病管理的反应和准备方面的差距.
- 加强非传染性疾病服务对于提高卫生系统弹性至关重要.
- 数字创新和改进的指导是NCD护理未来应急准备的建议解决方案.
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