A5015471091- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Family Support in Illness
- Global Health and Surgery
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Delphi Technique in Research
University of KwaZulu-Natal
2019-2024
Background: The burden of cancer is increasingly emerging as a key public health problem in South Africa. This aggravated by low suspicion index patients and healthcare providers alike, limited financial human resource investment, weak systems, quality care. Patients typically present to facilities very late, resulting poor treatment outcomes, hence there pervasive hopelessness associated with diagnosis lung African systems. Research on the barriers patient care, especially from perspectives...
Lung cancer is the highest incident globally and associated with significant morbidity mortality particularly if identified at a late stage. Poor patient outcomes in low- middle-income countries (LMIC's) might reflect contextual health system constraints multiple levels, that act as barriers to prevention, disease recognition, diagnosis, treatment. screening, even for high-risk patients, not available public sector South Africa (SA), where current HIV tuberculosis (TB) epidemics often take...
PURPOSE At the 12th meeting of AORTIC (African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer) Maputo, Mozambique, held between November 5 8, 2019, a special workshop was organized to focus on need collaboration coordination governments health systems Africa with academic, industry, association, other nongovernmental organizations effect sustainable positive change care patients cancer. METHODS Representatives from seven different projects presented implementation science demonstration...
Lung cancer is the most common worldwide, and it disproportionately affects low-income countries (LICs), where over 58% of cases occur. It an important public health concern, given its poor healthcare outcomes, yet under-researched compared to other cancers. also very difficult for primary care physicians diagnose. In many settings, researchers clinicians' resort engaging in collaborative efforts determine best way implement evidence into routine clinical practice. This was a grounded theory...
PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to explore key stakeholders’—health care professionals, patients, and family caregivers—experiences providing, receiving, setting priorities for lung cancer in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with a view propose potentially effective interventions improved care. METHODS This qualitative conducted 5 communities 3 hospitals offering oncology services KwaZulu-Natal Province. Data were generated using in-depth interviews nominal group technique. Nineteen...
Background: Cancer patients commonly receive care, including comprehensive treatment options, from multiple specialists within and across facilities offering varying levels of care. Given this multi-layered approach to cancer there is a need for coordinated care enhanced through integrated information flow optimal patient improved health outcomes. Objective: This study aimed explore how conceptualized coordination in an system KwaZulu-Natal. Methods: The employed grounded theory design...
Aim Despite evidence that effective cancer care coordination has yielded positive results in facilitating and supporting high-quality care, it remains a complex challenging system to implement. South Africa’s mortality of lung is reported at 13.4%, ranking highest among all cancers. Coordinating the patients can last several months or years, with multiple consultations, rounds treatment, follow-up various settings. With so many health professionals, services, settings involved, these become...
Timely delivery of high-quality cancer care to all patients is barely achieved in South Africa and many other low- middle-income countries, mainly due poor coordination access services. After health visits, leave facilities confused about their diagnosis, prognosis, options for treatment, the next steps continuum. They often find system disempowering inaccessible, thereby making services inequitable, with resultant outcome increased mortality rates.The aim this study propose a model...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Timely delivery of high-quality cancer care to all patients is barely achieved in South Africa and many other low- middle-income countries, mainly due poor coordination access services. After health visits, leave facilities confused about their diagnosis, prognosis, options for treatment, the next steps continuum. They often find system disempowering inaccessible, thereby making services inequitable, with resultant outcome increased mortality rates. </sec>...