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Prioritising and mapping barriers to achieve equitable surgical care in South Africa: a multi-disciplinary stakeholder workshop

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العنوان: Prioritising and mapping barriers to achieve equitable surgical care in South Africa: a multi-disciplinary stakeholder workshop
المؤلفون: Tamlyn Mac Quene, Luné Smith, Maria Lisa Odland, Susan Levine, Lucia D’Ambruoso, Justine Davies, Kathryn Chu
المصدر: Global Health Action, Vol 15, Iss 1 (2022)
بيانات النشر: Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: LCC:Public aspects of medicine
مصطلحات موضوعية: barriers to care, priority setting, surgery, health systems, south africa, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
الوصف: Background Surgical healthcare in South Africa is inequitable with a considerable lack of resources in the public health sector. Identifying barriers to care and creating research priorities to mitigate these barriers can contribute to strategic interventions to improve equitable access to quality surgical care. Objective To use the Four Delays Framework to map barriers to surgical care and identify priorities to achieve equitable and timely access to quality surgical care in South Africa. Methods A multi-disciplinary stakeholder workshop was held in Cape Town, South Africa in January 2020. A Four Delays Framework (delays in seeking care, reaching care, receiving care, and remaining in care) was used to identify barriers that occur at each delay and the top 10 priorities for intervention. Barriers were categorised into overarching themes and schematically mapped. Results Thirty-four stakeholders including health service users, health service providers, and community members participated in this exercise. In total, 34 barriers were identified with 73 connections to various delays. Specifically, 14 barriers were related to delays in seeking care, 11 were related to delays in reaching care, 20 were related to delays in receiving care, and 28 were related to delays in remaining in care. The highest priority barriers across the delays were Lack of service provider’s knowledge, training and experience, and Limited surgical outreach. The barrier Lack of decentralised services was related to all four delays. Barriers were interconnected and potentially reinforcing. Conclusions This workshop is the first of its kind to generate evidence on the delays to surgical care in South Africa. Mapping crucial interconnected, potentially reinforcing barriers, and priority interventions demonstrated how a multifaceted approach may be required to address delays to access. Further research focused on the identified priorities will contribute to efforts to promote equitable access to quality surgical care in South Africa.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1654-9880
16549716
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1654-9880
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2022.2067395
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/917258bbf58c411592c15b20ba38a75b
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.917258bbf58c411592c15b20ba38a75b
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:16549880
16549716
DOI:10.1080/16549716.2022.2067395