Mapping South African allied health primary care clinical guideline activity : establishing a stakeholder reference sample

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dc.contributor.authorDizon, Janine Margaritaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGrimmer, Karenen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMachingaidze, Shingaien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMcLaren, Pamen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLouw, Quinetteen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-24T11:42:24Z
dc.date.available2017-01-24T11:42:24Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-10
dc.date.updated2016-12-09T12:10:46Z
dc.descriptionCITATION: Dizon, J. M., et al. 2016. Mapping South African allied health primary care clinical guideline activity: establishing a stakeholder reference sample. Health Research Policy and Systems, 14:77, doi:10.1186/s12961-016-0145-9.
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dc.description.abstractENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: Little is known about allied health (AH) clinical practice guideline (CPG) activity in South Africa, and particularly in relation to primary health care (PHC). This paper reports on a scoping study undertaken to establish a reference framework, from which a comprehensive maximum variation sample could be selected. This was required to underpin robust sampling for a qualitative study aimed at understanding South African primary care AH therapy CPG activities. This paper builds on findings from the South African Guidelines Evaluation (Project SAGE) Flagship grant. Methods: South African government websites were searched for structures of departments and portfolios, and available CPGs. Professional AH association websites were searched for CPGs, purposively-identified key informants were interviewed, and CPGs previously identified for priority South African primary care conditions were critiqued for AH therapy involvement. Results: Key informants described potentially complex relationships between players who may be engaged in South African AH CPGs, in both public and private sectors. There were disability/rehabilitation portfolios at national and provincial governments, but no uniformity in provincial government organisation of, or support for, PHC AH services. There were no AH primary care therapy CPGs on government websites, although there was ‘clinical guidance’ in various forms on professional association websites. Only two CPGs of priority South African PHC conditions included mention of any AH therapy (physiotherapy for adult asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Conclusion: A comprehensive and wide-reaching stakeholder reference framework would be required in order to capture the heterogeneity of AH primary care CPG activity in South Africa. This should involve the voices of national and purposively-selected provincial governments, academic institutions, consultants, public sector managers and clinicians, private practitioners, professional associations, and private sector insurers. Provincial governments should be selected to reflect heterogeneity in local economics, population demographics and availability of university AH training programs. This investigation should aim to determine the areas of PHC in which AH are engaged.
dc.description.urihttp://health-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12961-016-0145-9
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dc.format.extent8 pages ; illustrations
dc.identifier.citationDizon, J. M., et al. 2016. Mapping South African allied health primary care clinical guideline activity: establishing a stakeholder reference sample. Health Research Policy and Systems, 14:77, doi:10.1186/s12961-016-0145-9.
dc.identifier.issn1478-4505 (Online)
dc.identifier.issn1478-4505 (Print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1186/s12961-016-0145-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/100518
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherBioMed Central
dc.rights.holderAuthor retains copyright
dc.subjectPrimary health care -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectAllied health -- Practiceen_ZA
dc.subjectMedical protocols -- Planningen_ZA
dc.titleMapping South African allied health primary care clinical guideline activity : establishing a stakeholder reference sampleen_ZA
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