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Noncommunicable Diseases In East Africa: Assessing The Gaps In Care And Identifying Opportunities For Improvement
Siddharthan T, Ramaiya K, Yonga G, Mutungi GN, Rabin TL, List JM, Kishore SP, Schwartz JI. Noncommunicable Diseases In East Africa: Assessing The Gaps In Care And Identifying Opportunities For Improvement. Health Affairs 2015, 34: 1506-1513. PMID: 26355052, PMCID: PMC4568565, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNoncommunicable diseasesCommunicable diseasesPrimary health care systemNoncommunicable disease managementDisease managementPublic health initiativesHealth service deliveryHealth care systemBasic science researchEssential medicationsCommunicable diseases managementHealth initiativesSocial determinantsHealth systemNutritional transitionDiseaseLow-income countriesCare systemMedical trainingService deliveryMedicationsPrevalenceCareTowards reframing health service delivery in Uganda: the Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases
Schwartz JI, Dunkle A, Akiteng AR, Birabwa-Male D, Kagimu R, Mondo CK, Mutungi G, Rabin TL, Skonieczny M, Sykes J, Mayanja-Kizza H. Towards reframing health service delivery in Uganda: the Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases. Global Health Action 2015, 8: 26537. PMID: 25563451, PMCID: PMC4292588, DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.26537.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-communicable diseasesHealth service deliveryIntegrated health services deliveryTraining of HCWsChronic disease preventionHealthcare worker trainingMiddle-income countriesService deliveryDisease preventionCommunicable diseasesHealth systemDouble burdenDiseaseWorker trainingMultidisciplinary research collaborationBurdenDeliveryMorbidityMajor roleManagementMortalityIntegrated ManagementCarePrevention
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Guidance on the diagnosis and management of asthma among adults in resource limited settings
Kirenga BJ, Schwartz JI, de Jong C, van der Molen T, Okot-Nwang M. Guidance on the diagnosis and management of asthma among adults in resource limited settings. African Health Sciences 2015, 15: 1189-1199. PMID: 26958020, PMCID: PMC4765426, DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v15i4.18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResource limited settingsManagement of asthmaLimited settingsInternational asthma guidelinesQuality asthma careRecurrent respiratory symptomsLikelihood of asthmaCurrent wheezeSteroid therapyAsthma guidelinesSalbutamol administrationAsthma careClinical improvementExpiratory volumeRespiratory symptomsAsthma diagnosisAllergic diseasesPatient educationClinical dataFamily historyAsthmaSeverity gradingAssessment of controlHealth providersInternational guidelinesThe Know-Do Gap in Quality of Health Care for Childhood Diarrhea and Pneumonia in Rural India
Mohanan M, Vera-Hernández M, Das V, Giardili S, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Rabin TL, Raj SS, Schwartz JI, Seth A. The Know-Do Gap in Quality of Health Care for Childhood Diarrhea and Pneumonia in Rural India. JAMA Pediatrics 2015, 169: 349-357. PMID: 25686357, PMCID: PMC5023324, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.3445.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care practitionersChildhood diarrheaCare practitionersChildhood mortalityHealth careStandardized patientsHarmful treatmentCorrect treatmentMost health care practitionersKey diagnostic questionsLocal health care practitionersOral rehydration saltsUnannounced standardized patientsDiagnostic questionsCross-sectional studyPediatric health care practitionersQuality of careHigher knowledge scoresDiarrhea treatmentRehydration saltsActual careMAIN OUTCOMEMultivariable regressionAppropriate carePneumonia