Quality in community care: an introduction

Phillips, Kate

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“…Four decades after the implementation of Primary health care in Ghana, it was expected that Ghana would have attained UHC by the year 2022 ( 22 ). However, there is evidence to show that prevailing circumstances would not make it possible to achieve UHC even by the year 2030 irrespective of the numerous scaling-up interventions and CHPS coverage expansions ( 23 ).…”

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Community-based Health Planning and Services programme in Ghana: a systematic review

Adusei,

Bour,

Amu

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionGhana established Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) as the primary point of contact for primary healthcare in 1999. CHPS has since emerged as the country’s primary strategy for providing close-to-client healthcare delivery, with numerous positive health outcomes recorded as a result of its implementation. There is, however currently a paucity of systematic reviews of the literature on CHPS. The purpose of this study was not only to investigate dominant trends and research themes in Community-based Health Planning and Services, but also to track the evolution of the CHPS intervention from its inception to the present.MethodWe adopted a systematic review approach for selected articles that were searched on Google Scholar, PubMed, and Scopus databases. The study was conducted and guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guideline. We then applied a reflexive thematic analysis approach in synthesizing the results.ResultsThe search resulted in 127 articles of which 59 were included in the final review. Twenty (20) papers targeted the national level, eighteen (18) for the regional level, sixteen (16) for the district level, two (2) for the sub-district level, and three (3) papers targeted the community. The years 2017 and 2019 were recorded to be the years with the highest number of publications on CHPS in Ghana.ConclusionCommunity-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) is an effective tool in addressing barriers and challenges to accessing quality and affordable health care causing significant effects on health. It provides close-to-client healthcare delivery in the community.

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“…Many Ghanaians have received Primary Health Care as a result of CHPS coverage expansions and scaling-up interventions, and it is estimated that Ghana will achieve UHC if current trends continue ( 22 ). However, its difficulties may jeopardize this goal ( 24 ).…”

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Community-based Health Planning and Services programme in Ghana: a systematic review

Adusei,

Bour,

Amu

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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The demand for measuring the impact of nursing interventions: a community perspective

Barriball

Mackenzie

1992

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Summary There has not been a more appropriate time for nurses working in the community to measure their efficiency and effectiveness. The manner in which health‐care services are delivered to the community and the quality of these services are being carefully scrutinized. Changes in community health services have seen the emergence of nurses practising in innovative and varying ways to meet the health needs of the population, and it is vital in the competition for resources that they measure the impact of such practice upon the health status of the population. The evidence suggests, however, that few nurses working to an advanced level have measured their effectiveness, highlighting the need for empirically based research.

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Quality in community care: an introduction

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Community-based Health Planning and Services programme in Ghana: a systematic review

Community-based Health Planning and Services programme in Ghana: a systematic review

The demand for measuring the impact of nursing interventions: a community perspective

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