实施一个正式的评估和规划工具,以改善肯尼亚的儿科瘤学结果
Doreen Mutua1, Ayomide Omotola2, Miguel Bonilla2
1Gertrude Children's Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
Pediatric blood & cancer
|September 10, 2023
概括
儿科瘤设施综合局部评估工具 (PrOFILE) 通过混合研讨会成功确定了改善肯尼亚儿科癌症护理的策略. 这项倡议旨在改善贫困环境中患有癌症的儿童的成果.
科学领域:
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 儿科瘤学 儿科瘤学
- 加强卫生系统 加强卫生系统
背景情况:
- 与高收入国家相比,中低收入国家的儿童癌症存活率明显低于中低收入国家的高收入国家.
- 导致这种差异的因素包括迟到的呈现,延迟的诊断和有限的医疗保健和药物获取.
- 圣朱德儿科瘤设施综合局部评估工具 (PrOFILE) 是为了评估儿童癌症护理的提供而开发的.
研究的目的:
- 通过使用PrOFILE工具,评估肯尼亚设施的儿童癌症医疗保健服务.
- 确定优势,弱点和改善儿科瘤护理的机会.
- 促进对改善护理的可行的策略的制定.
主要方法:
- 肯尼亚的儿科瘤医院使用了PrOFILE自我评估工具,在12个模块中进行了自我评估.
- 数据涵盖了国家和设施背景,财务,人事,服务,诊断和患者结果.
- 进行了混合研讨会 (面对面和虚拟),以分析数据.
主要成果:
- 多学科的利益相关者优先考虑改善护理的建议.
- 开发了智能目标,以在两年内实现确定目标.
- 确定了举办混合研讨会的优缺点.
结论:
- 在肯尼亚,PROFILE工具有效地促进了一场混合研讨会,以确定增强儿科瘤治疗的策略.
- 志愿组织的工作组将追求以结果为导向的目标.
- 这种方法支持在资源有限的环境中对儿科癌症护理的有条不的进步.
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