Primary health care (PHC) has increased in global relevance as it has been demonstrated to be a useful strategy to promote community access to health services. Multilateral organizations and national ...governments have reached a consensus regarding the basic principles of PHC, but the application of these varies from country to country due to the particularities of local health systems.This article aims to review and summarize PHC strategies and the configuration of health networks in Latin American and Caribbean countries.The review was carried out using keywords in at least 9 databases. Papers in languages other than English, Portuguese, and Spanish were excluded, while non-refereed articles and regional gray literature were incorporated. As a result, 1,146 papers were identified. After three instances of analysis, 142 articles were selected for this investigation. Data were analyzed according to an analysis by theme.The evidence collected on health reforms in the region reflects the need to intensify care strategies supported by PHC and care networks. These must be resilient to changes in the population's needs and must be able to adapt to contexts of epidemiological accumulation.
Data collection on noncommunicable disease (NCD) behavioral risk factors has traditionally been carried out through face-to-face surveys. However, its high costs and logistical difficulties can lead ...to lack of timely statistics for planning, particularly in low and middle-income countries. Mobile phone surveys (MPS) have the potential to fill these gaps.
This study explores perceptions, feasibility and strategies to increase the acceptability and response rate of health surveys administered through MPS using interactive voice response in Colombia.
A sequential multimodal exploratory design was used. We conducted key informant interviews (KII) with stakeholders from government and academia; focus group discussions (FGDs) and user-group tests (UGTs) with young adults and elderly people living in rural and urban settings (men and women). The KII and FGDs explored perceptions of using mobile phones for NCD surveys. In the UGTs, participants were administered an IVR survey, and they provided feedback on its usability and potential improvement.
Between February and November 2017, we conducted 7 KII, 6 FGDs (n = 54) and 4 UGTs (n = 34). Most participants consider MPS is a novel way to explore risk factors in NCDs. They also recognize challenges for their implementation including security issues, technological literacy and telecommunications coverage, especially in rural areas. It was recommended to promote the survey using mass media before its deployment and stressing its objectives, responsible institution and data privacy safeguards. The preferences in the survey administration relate to factors such as skills in the use of mobile phones, age, availability of time and educational level. The participants recommend questionnaires shorter than 10 minutes.
The possibility of obtaining data through MPS at a population level represents an opportunity to improve the availability of risk-factor data. Steps towards increasing the acceptability and overcoming technological and methodological challenges need to be taken.
ObjectivesAs mobile phone ownership becomes more widespread in low-income and middle-income countries, mobile phone surveys (MPSs) present an opportunity to collect data on health more ...cost-effectively. However, selectivity and coverage biases in MPS are concerns, and there is limited information about the population-level representativeness of these surveys compared with household surveys. This study aims at comparing the sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents of an MPS on non-communicable disease risk factors to a household survey in Colombia.DesignCross-sectional study. We used a random digit dialling method to select the samples for calling mobile phone numbers. The survey was conducted using two modalities: computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATIs) and interactive voice response (IVR). The participants were assigned randomly to one of the survey modalities based on a targeted sampling quota stratified by age and sex. The Quality-of-Life Survey (ECV), a nationally representative survey conducted in the same year of the MPS, was used as a reference to compare the sample distributions by sociodemographic characteristics of the MPS data. Univariate and bivariate analyses were performed to evaluate the population representativeness between the ECV and the MPSs.SettingThe study was conducted in Colombia in 2021.ParticipantsPopulation at least 18 years old with a mobile phone.ResultsWe completed 1926 and 2983 interviews for CATI and IVR, respectively. We found that the MPS data have a similar (within 10% points) age–sex data distribution compared with the ECV dataset for some subpopulations, mainly for young populations, people with none/primary and secondary education levels, and people who live in urban and rural areas.ConclusionsThis study shows that MPS could collect similar data to household surveys in terms of age, sex, high school education level and geographical area for some population categories. Strategies are needed to improve representativeness of the under-represented groups.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Test-Trace-Isolate (TTI) programs have been recommended as a risk mitigation strategy. However, many governments have hesitated to implement them due to their costs. ...This study aims to estimate the cost-effectiveness of implementing a national TTI program to reduce the number of severe and fatal cases of COVID-19 in Colombia.
We developed a Markov simulation model of COVID-19 infection combined with a Susceptible-Infected-Recovered structure. We estimated the incremental cost-effectiveness of a comprehensive TTI strategy compared to no intervention over a one-year horizon, from both the health system and the societal perspective. Hospitalization and mortality rates were retrieved from Colombian surveillance data. We included program costs of TTI intervention, health services utilization, PCR diagnosis test, productivity loss, and government social program costs. We used the number of deaths and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) as health outcomes. Sensitivity analyses were performed.
Compared with no intervention, the TTI strategy reduces COVID-19 mortality by 67%. In addition, the program saves an average of $1,045 and $850 per case when observed from the social and the health system perspective, respectively. These savings are equivalent to two times the current health expenditures in Colombia per year.
The TTI program is a highly cost-effective public health intervention to reduce the burden of COVID-19 in Colombia. TTI programs depend on their successful and speedy implementation.
This study was supported by the Colombian Ministry of Health through award number PUJ-04519-20 received by EPQ AVO and SDS declined to receive any funding support for this study. The contents are the responsibility of all the individual authors.
Objetivo: comparar el nivel de implementación del Modelo de Vigilancia de la Morbilidad Materna Extrema (MVMME) y las principales barreras y facilitadores respecto de la implementación en dos grupos ...de instituciones prestadoras de servicios de salud (IPS) de Colombia.Materiales y métodos: estudio mixto, que emplea técnicas de información cuantitativa (instrumento semiestructurado) y cualitativa (entrevista a profundidad). Las IPS en las que se inició el modelo piloto (IPSP) fueron comparadas con otro grupo de IPS que no participó en la inserción inicial del mismo, las que se denominarán IPS control (IPSC). Ambas fueron seleccionadas por conveniencia en conjunto con el Ministerio de Salud. El nivel de implementación se presenta como proporción por institución. La información se trianguló para complementar la información de los diferentes componentes de la implementación del MVMME.Resultados: hubo diferencias en la implementación según el grupo de IPS, en IPSP hubo mayor difusión de protocolos, detección, notificación, flujo de la información, análisis y toma de decisiones. En IPSC hubo más dificultades con la asignación de la causa principal, definir criterios de evitabilidad e identificar demoras. El volumen de profesionales, las horas promedio mes y los perfiles eran mayores en IPSP que en IPSC. El rango del nivel de implementación entre las IPSP varió entre el 73 y el 94 %; en el grupo de IPSC el rango estuvo entre 41 y 90 %. En las IPSP había mayor claridad sobre el papel del MVMME como herramienta para mejorar la calidad en la atención de las gestantes. En IPSC, si bien consideraban que el modelo ayudaba a mejorar la calidad, era interpretado como una sobrecarga de trabajo.Conclusiones: el mayor desarrollo en IPSP podría estar asociado a un mayor acompañamiento por parte del MS-UNFPA, y una mayor voluntad política e institucional para su implementación.
OBJETIVO. Describir los estudios de carga de la enfermedad realizados en la región e identificar las principales prioridades en salud a partir del indicador años de vida saludable perdidos (AVISA). ...MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Mediante el uso de AVISA, identificar la carga de enfermedad en los distintos países. RESULTADOS: Los AVISA destacan la emergencia de los trastornos mentales, la diabetes mellitus en las mujeres y los trastornos por consumo de alcohol y lesiones en los hombres. CONCLUSIONES: América Latina es la región con más estudios nacionales de carga de la enfermedad realizados con una metodología estandarizada, que permiten identificar problemas de salud que están presionando a los servicios de atención; por ello estos resultados constituyen un elemento a tomar en cuenta en el establecimiento de políticas públicas en cada país.
Objetivo: comparar el nivel de implementación del Modelo de Vigilancia de la Morbilidad Materna Extrema (MVMME) y las principales barreras y facilitadores respecto de la implementación en dos grupos ...de instituciones prestadoras de servicios de salud (IPS) de Colombia. Materiales y métodos: estudio mixto, que emplea técnicas de información cuantitativa (instrumento semiestructurado) y cualitativa (entrevista a profundidad). Las IPS en las que se inició el modelo piloto (IPSP) fueron comparadas con otro grupo de IPS que no participó en la inserción inicial del mismo, las que se denominarán IPS control (IPSC). Ambas fueron seleccionadas por conveniencia en conjunto con el Ministerio de Salud. El nivel de implementación se presenta como proporción por institución. La información se trianguló para complementar la información de los diferentes componentes de la implementación del MVMME. Resultados: hubo diferencias en la implementación según el grupo de IPS, en IPSP hubo mayor difusión de protocolos, detección, notificación, flujo de la información, análisis y toma de decisiones. En IPSC hubo más dificultades con la asignación de la causa principal, definir criterios de evitabilidad e identificar demoras. El volumen de profesionales, las horas promedio mes y los perfiles eran mayores en IPSP que en IPSC. El rango del nivel de implementación entre las IPSP varió entre el 73 y el 94 %; en el grupo de IPSC el rango estuvo entre 41 y 90 %. En las IPSP había mayor claridad sobre el papel del MVMME como herramienta para mejorar la calidad en la atención de las gestantes. En IPSC, si bien consideraban que el modelo ayudaba a mejorar la calidad, era interpretado como una sobrecarga de trabajo. Conclusiones: el mayor desarrollo en IPSP podría estar asociado a un mayor acompañamiento por parte del MS-UNFPA, y una mayor voluntad política e institucional para su implementación.
OBJETIVO. Describir los estudios de carga de la enfermedad realizados en la región e identificar las principales prioridades en salud a partir del indicador años de vida saludable perdidos (AVISA). ...MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Mediante el uso de AVISA, identificar la carga de enfermedad en los distintos países. RESULTADOS: Los AVISA destacan la emergencia de los trastornos mentales, la diabetes mellitus en las mujeres y los trastornos por consumo de alcohol y lesiones en los hombres. CONCLUSIONES: América Latina es la región con más estudios nacionales de carga de la enfermedad realizados con una metodología estandarizada, que permiten identificar problemas de salud que están presionando a los servicios de atención; por ello estos resultados constituyen un elemento a tomar en cuenta en el establecimiento de políticas públicas en cada país.OBJECTIVE: To describe the burden of disease studies made in the region, identify the main priorities in health from the indicator Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs). MATERIAL AND METHODS: By the use of DALYs identify the burden of disease in the countries in the network. RESULTS: DALYs emphasize the emergency of mental disorders, diabetes mellitus in women and the disorders associated with alcohol consumption and injuries in men. CONCLUSIONS: Latin America is the region with more national studies of burden of disease, using a standardized methodology, that allows identifying new health priorities which are pressing to the health services; for that reason these results constitute an element to take into account in the establishment of public policies in each country.
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