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Van Hout, Marie Claire, Bachmann, Max 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1770-3506, Lazarus, Jeffrey V., Shayo, Elizabeth Henry, Bukenya, Dominic, Picchio, Camila A., Nyirenda, Moffat, Mfinanga, Sayoki Godfrey, Birungi, Josephine, Okebe, Joseph and Jaffar, Shabbar
(2020)
Strengthening integration of chronic care in Africa:Protocol for the qualitative process evaluation of integrated HIV, diabetes and hypertension care in a cluster randomised controlled trial in Tanzania and Uganda.
BMJ Open, 10 (10).
ISSN 2044-6055
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Abstract
Introduction In sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension, has increased rapidly in recent years, although HIV infection remains a leading cause of death among young-middle-aged adults. Health service coverage for NCDs remains very low in contrast to HIV, despite the increasing prevalence of comorbidity of NCDs with HIV. There is an urgent need to expand healthcare capacity to provide integrated services to address these chronic conditions. Methods and analysis This protocol describes procedures for a qualitative process evaluation of INTE-Africa, a cluster randomised trial comparing integrated health service provision for HIV infection, DM and hypertension, to the current stand-alone vertical care. Interviews, focus group discussions and observations of consultations and other care processes in two clinics (in Tanzania, Uganda) will be used to explore the experiences of stakeholders. These stakeholders will include health service users, policy-makers, healthcare providers, community leaders and members, researchers, non-governmental and international organisations. The exploration will be carried out during the implementation of the project, alongside an understanding of the impact of broader structural and contextual factors. Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was granted by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (UK), the National Institute of Medical Research (Tanzania) and TASO Research Ethics Committee (Uganda) in 2020. The evaluation will provide the opportunity to document the implementation of integration over several timepoints (6, 12 and 18 months) and refine integrated service provision prior to scale up. This synergistic approach to evaluate, understand and respond will support service integration and inform monitoring, policy and practice development efforts to involve and educate communities in Tanzania and Uganda. It will create a model of care and a platform of good practices and lessons learnt for other countries implementing integrated and decentralised community health services. Trial registration number ISRCTN43896688; Pre-results.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | diabetes & endocrinology,hypertension,international health services,organisation of health services,medicine(all),sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| UEA Research Groups: | 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: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Oct 2020 00:20 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2023 02:48 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/77426 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039237 |
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