Addressing the quality of paediatric primary care: health worker and caregiver perspectives from a process evaluation of PACK child, a health systems intervention in South Africa.
Robyn CurranJamie MurdochMax BachmannEric BatemanRuth CornickSandra PickenMakhosazana Lungile SimelaneLara FairallPublished in: BMC pediatrics (2021)
PACK Child appears to be catalysing paediatric primary care to address the broader needs of children, including long-term health conditions and the identification of psychosocial problems. However, to maximise this requires primary care to re-orientate from risk minimisation on the day of attendance towards a view of the child beyond the day of presentation at clinics.
Keyphrases
- primary care
- mental health
- south africa
- intensive care unit
- public health
- healthcare
- emergency department
- general practice
- randomized controlled trial
- young adults
- health information
- hiv positive
- hepatitis c virus
- health promotion
- social media
- risk assessment
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv infected
- antiretroviral therapy
- bioinformatics analysis