Provider and facility readiness for age-friendly health services for older adults in primary health care centres in southwest, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: There is a growing focus on interventions at the health system level to promote healthy aging and provide age-friendly health services (AFHS) in low- and middle-income countries where populations are aging. This study aimed to determine the provider and facility readiness for AFHS. We developed and implemented surveys to collect PHC facility capacity and readiness to deliver AFHS and a KAP survey for facility healthcare workers based on guidelines from the WHO age-friendly tool kit and questionnaires from other studies. Direct observation and structured interviews of facility heads were conducted in a stratified random sample of 15 out of the 57 comprehensive PHC facilities in Lagos, Nigeria. One hundred and twenty providers were conveniently sampled for the KAP survey. Statistical analysi

SUBMITTER: Ogunyemi AO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10409274 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature