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8 Potential Approaches for Research, Policy, and Practice in the Immediate Term
8 Potential Approaches for Research, Policy, and Practice in the Immediate Term
Pages 97-104
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After the small group discussions, a participant from each group reported on their conversations, and then the workshop participants engaged in a larger group discussion, which was moderated by Bridget Kelly, principal consultant of Burke Kelly Consulting. The topics ranged from strengthening health systems and health care, communication approaches and information access, and data collection and methodologies.
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The number of specialists trained is often used as a country-level indicator of improved health care; this may have contributed to overspecialization and related problems in emerging health systems, she said. Some members of the group proposed identifying better quality metrics for evaluating health care systems, such as access to primary care, the number of health care providers, and availability of an essential medicines and primary care package at the community level.
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This includes the need to disseminate data within communities, she said. As mentioned by some other groups, Matthew Coates, associate in global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School, reported that many members of his group also raised the importance of person-centered care and community engagement to improve health care, as well as helping to prevent corruption.
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Waterman noted that a few members of the group wondered if the messaging and framing of the national security dimension contributes to why NCDs receive less attention as a public health concern relative to infectious disease outbreaks. DISCUSSION Bridget Kelly, principal consultant of Burke Kelly Consulting, opened the discussion by asking participants to offer any further highlights or insights from their tables' discussions.
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In countries in sub-Saharan Africa, for example, cities experiencing rapid urbanization are also subject to increasing environmental exposures related to infectious disease and NCDs. These exposures are being driven by private industries that are generally disengaged from public health policies and considerations, she said.
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Kelly pointed to the role of nonhealth sectors to inform new, integrated ways to measure health. Finally, Siegel remarked that silos are also reinforced by the ways that health care providers are trained compared to the training received by public health professionals, particularly with respect to community health, epidemi
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In closing, as an alternative, she offered the framing that there is also space for both sides to recognize and collaborate to improve practices that are not working for either side to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
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