Capacity building of health care professionals to perform interprofessional management of non-communicable diseases in primary care - experiences from Ukraine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-communicable diseases are leading causes of death and disability across the world. Countries with the highest non-communicable disease (NCD) burden in the WHO European Region are often those that have some of the greatest health system challenges for achieving good outcomes in prevention and care. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an interprofessional capacity building intervention carried out in Ukraine to improve the management non-communicable diseases in primary health care.

Methods

A mixed-methods evaluation study was performed in 2018 to analyse the effect of a capacity building intervention carried out for over 10,000 primary care professionals in Ukraine in 2018. Quantitative data were collected from primary health care records of int

SUBMITTER: Laatikainen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7839221 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature