Innovating to improve primary care in less developed countries:Towards a global model

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Fairall, Lara, Bateman, Eric, Cornick, Ruth, Faris, Gill, Timmerman, Venessa, Folb, Naomi, Bachmann, Max ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1770-3506, Zwarenstein, Merrick and Smith, Richard (2015) Innovating to improve primary care in less developed countries:Towards a global model. BMJ Innovations, 1 (4). pp. 196-203. ISSN 2055-8074

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Abstract

One of the biggest problems in global health is the lack of well trained and supported health workers in less developed settings. In many rural areas there are no physicians, and it is important to find ways to support and empower nurses and other health workers. The Knowledge Translation Unit of the University of Cape Town Lung Institute has spent 14 years developing a series of innovative packages to support and empower nurses and other health workers. PACK (Practical Approach to Care Kit) Adult comprises policybased and evidence-informed guidelines; onsite, team and case-based training; non-physician prescribing; and a cascade system of scaling up. A series of randomised trials has shown the effectiveness of the packages, and methods are now being developed to respond cost-effectively and sustainably to global demand for implementing PACK Adult. Global health would probably benefit from less time and money spent developing new innovations and more spent on finding ways to spread those we already have.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Services and Primary Care
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health
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Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 17 Dec 2016 00:08
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2023 01:53
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61764
DOI: 10.1136/bmjinnov-2015-000045

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