Community health needs assessment and action planning in seven Dominican bateyes

Suiter, Sarah V.

doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.10.011

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“…Like in other low- and middle-income countries, in the Dominican Republic, health leaders face challenges that sustain hospital and community TB transmission. These challenges include social stigma that propagates myths, financial burdens for TB patients and families (10), overcrowded living conditions in urban areas and in rural settings saturated by sugarcane plantation ( batey ) communities of Haitian immigrants or persons of Haitian descent (11), and high levels of multidrug resistance and TB-HIV coinfection (9). However, the annual TB budget was US$ 15 million in 2017, with 65% from domestic funds, 19% from international sources, and 17% as unfunded (9).…”

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Health care workers' recommendations for strengthening tuberculosis infection control in the Dominican Republic

Chapman

Veras‐Estévez

Pomeranz

et al. 2018

Rev Panam Salud Publica

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Objective To describe health care workers' practical recommendations for strengthening adherence to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection control practices in their health institutions and elsewhere across the Dominican Republic. Methods In this qualitative study, 10 focus groups, with a total of 40 clinicians (24 physicians, 16 nurses), were conducted in 2016 at two tertiary-level institutions in the Dominican Republic. Grounded theory guided the analysis to expand on health care workers' recommendations for empowering clinicians to adhere to M. tuberculosis infection control practices. To ensure reliability and validity, the authors analyzed data and incorporated both peer debriefing with qualitative experts and participant feedback or validation on the final themes. Results Six emerging themes were described: 1) education and training; 2) administrative policy; 3) infrastructure policy; 4) economic allocations; 5) research; and 6) public health policy. Conclusions Future efforts may combine the health care workers' recommendations with evidence-based strategies in M. tuberculosis infection control in low-resource settings. This could pave the way for interventions that empower health care workers in their application of M. tuberculosis infection control measures in clinical practice.

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Health care workers' recommendations for strengthening tuberculosis infection control in the Dominican Republic

Chapman

Veras‐Estévez

Pomeranz

et al. 2018

Rev Panam Salud Publica

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“…Some of these studies were two-phase explanatory mixed-methods studies, with the quantitative phase preceding the qualitative phase ( n = 14, 12%). They conducted targeted focus groups or community listening sessions or interview with community members/key informants following needs assessment survey to supplement the findings from the survey and provide further information about health status, needs of daily living, barrier to health and access to community resources [ 8 , 21 , 41 , 53 , 55 , 66 , 67 , 93 – 95 , 99 , 113 , 114 , 121 ]. In addition to these studies, some studies used triangulation mixed-method design to obtain complementary qualitative and quantitative data on community health needs and issues ( n = 13, 11%).…”

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A scoping review of community health needs and assets assessment: concepts, rationale, tools and uses

Ravaghi

Guisset

ElFeky

et al. 2023

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Community health needs and assets assessment is a means of identifying and describing community health needs and resources, serving as a mechanism to gain the necessary information to make informed choices about community health. The current review of the literature was performed in order to shed more light on concepts, rationale, tools and uses of community health needs and assets assessment. Methods We conducted a scoping review of the literature published in English using PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, PDQ evidence, NIH database, Cochrane library, CDC library, Trip, and Global Health Library databases until March 2021. Results A total of 169 articles including both empirical papers and theoretical and conceptual work were ultimately retained for analysis. Relevant concepts were examined guided by a conceptual framework. The empirical papers were dominantly conducted in the United States. Qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method approaches were used to collect data on community health needs and assets, with an increasing trend of using mixed-method approaches. Almost half of the included empirical studies used participatory approaches to incorporate community inputs into the process. Conclusion Our findings highlight the need for having holistic approaches to assess community’s health needs focusing on physical, mental and social wellbeing, along with considering the broader systems factors and structural challenges to individual and population health. Furthermore, the findings emphasize assessing community health assets as an integral component of the process, beginning foremost with community capabilities and knowledge. There has been a trend toward using mixed-methods approaches to conduct the assessment in recent years that led to the inclusion of the voices of all community members, particularly vulnerable and disadvantaged groups. A notable gap in the existing literature is the lack of long-term or longitudinal–assessment of the community health needs assessment impacts.

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“…Community environment and health assessment [19,20], project planning, survey implementation and evaluation, and direct community practice are the core contents of community public health practice education [21,22]. Community practice training is also the basis for all public health research, intervention strategy formulation, public health policy implementation, and disaster prevention [23,24].…”

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Effect of community practical training on community residents’ health during the COVID-19 epidemic: A prospective study

Liu

Pan

Ding

et al. 2023

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Background Community practice training is an important part of education in medicine, public health, social medicine, and other disciplines. The objective of this study is to explore the effect and importance of the community practice of Master of Public Health graduates on community residents’ health during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 epidemic. Methods This study used a prospective study design. A total of 152 participants with age ≥ 60 years were selected using a multistage sampling method from Hangzhou in China. Baseline and endline data were collected using structured questionnaires by face-to-face interviews. All psychological and behavioral measurements were performed using standardized instruments and showed good reliability and validity. A total of 147 participants were included in the analysis. The chi-square and rank sum tests were used to compare the difference between baseline and endline for categorical variables. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the association between community practice training and changes in psychology and behavior. Results The result of chi-square test showed that the eating habits of participants were different at endline and baseline (p = 0.001). Participants reported that the self-perceived health status from “very good” to “not good” was different between endline and baseline by the rank sum test (p = 0.036). The results of logistic regression analysis showed that community practice training was significantly associated with increased self-efficacy scores and cognitive function, with odd ratios (ORs) of 1.08 (95% CI, 1.04–1.13, p < 0.001) and 0.90 (95% CI, 0.83–0.98, p < 0.013), respectively. The change in eating habits was also statistically significant at endline (p = 0.009). Conclusions Community practice training was associated with changes in health behavior and psychology of community residents. Our results suggested enhanced community practice training for students under the Master of Public Health program.

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Community health needs assessment and action planning in seven Dominican bateyes

Cited by 14 publications

References 9 publications

Health care workers' recommendations for strengthening tuberculosis infection control in the Dominican Republic

Health care workers' recommendations for strengthening tuberculosis infection control in the Dominican Republic

A scoping review of community health needs and assets assessment: concepts, rationale, tools and uses

Effect of community practical training on community residents’ health during the COVID-19 epidemic: A prospective study

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