#TaskShifting

University of Basel

@unibas.ch

1 month ago

High blood pressure: trained laypeople improve healthcare in rural Africa In rural regions of Africa, high blood pressure often goes untreated because health centres are far away and there is a shortage of health professionals. A study in Lesotho shows that, with the help o...

In rural regions of Africa, high blood pressure often goes untreated. A new study shows: trained laypeople improve blood pressure control in their village community compared to normal treatment in healthcare centres.
#TaskShifting #SolidarMed

Jan R. Boehnke

@jrboehnke.bsky.social

6 months ago

Global evidence on the effectiveness of task-shifting and task-sharing strategies for managing individuals with multimorbidity: systematic review and meta-analysis Introduction Task-shifting and task-sharing strategies show promise for managing chronic diseases especially in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), though their effectiveness in multimorbi...

Meta-analysis of #TaskShifting / #TaskSharing for managing #Multimorbidity shows some associations w depression (d=-.27, k=14), quality of life (d=.10, k=12), increased anxiety (d=.14, k=5), mortality (OR=.77, k=4).

fmch.bmj.com/content/13/3...

#GlobalHealth #GlobalMentalHealth #HRQL #HRQoL

HFACT

@hfact.bsky.social

9 months ago

Are Economic Evaluations of Task Shifting Too Narrow in Focus? A Rapid Review - PharmacoEconomics Background and Objectives Task shifting between different cadres of health worker has been proposed as an approach to address workforce shortages. Whether such reallocation is a useful strategy for a ...

New Publication Alert 🔔

Congratulations to the Centre for Health Economics Team and Helen Fulbright on their latest publication "Are Economic Evaluations of Task Shifting Too Narrow in Focus? A Rapid Review" - check it out on PharmacoEconomics!

#TaskShifting #UHC

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Radhika Sundararajan MD PhD

@radhikalu.bsky.social

1 year ago

Misha Hooda gave an amazing talk this afternoon at #DIScience24 summarizing our work training traditional healers to support people living with HIV. She out forth important lessons for implementing #taskshifting programs globally!

Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health

@tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk

1 year ago

To translate good ideas on interventions into action within the health system requires a thorough understanding of how to design, implement, and evaluate interventions (feeding into a continuous feedback loop for further improvement). The case studies and academic environment in Oxford supports learning and exchanges between peers and the wider academic community. We believe that HSIE will equip early and mid-career healthcare practitioners with the skills needed for careers in complex health systems around the world. Dr Attakrit Leckcivilize Lecturer MSc HSIE

We are excited to announce another #MScHSIE lecturer! Dr Attakrit Leckcivilize is a health economist from Thailand. His current research examines health workforce scarcity, #TaskShifting and #TaskSharing. Below he describes why HSIE is important.