Healthcare providers' perspectives on integrating NCDs into primary healthcare in Thailand: a mixed method study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In response to an increased health burden from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), primary health care (PHC) is effective platform to support NCDs prevention and control. This study aims to assess Thailand's PHC capacity in providing NCDs services, identify enabling factors and challenges and provide policy recommendations for improvement.

Methods

This cross-sectional mixed-method study was conducted between October 2019 and May 2020. Two provinces, one rich and one poor, were randomly selected and then a city and rural district from each province were randomly selected. From these 4 sites in the 2 provinces, all 56 PHC centres responded to a self-administrative questionnaire survey on their capacities and practices related to NCDs. A total of 79 participants from P

SUBMITTER: Tuangratananon T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8626719 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature