Task shifting roles, interventions and outcomes for kidney and cardiovascular health service delivery among African populations: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human resources for health (HRH) shortages are a major limitation to equitable access to healthcare. African countries have the most severe shortage of HRH in the world despite rising communicable and non-communicable disease (NCD) burden. Task shifting provides an opportunity to fill the gaps in HRH shortage in Africa. The aim of this scoping review is to evaluate task shifting roles, interventions and outcomes for addressing kidney and cardiovascular (CV) health problems in African populations.

Methods

We conducted this scoping review to answer the question: "what are the roles, interventions and outcomes of task shifting strategies for CV and kidney health in Africa?" Eligible studies were selected after searching MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), CINAHL, ISI Web

SUBMITTER: Okpechi IG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163711 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature