A Challenges in Implementing Package of Essential Noncommunicable Diseases Interventions in Iran’s Healthcare System
Introduction and purpose: The World Health Organizatoin Package of Essential Noncommunicable (PEN) Diseases Interventions is a prioritized set of costeffective interventions that can provide quality care even in the low-resource settings. The present study aimed to determi...
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doaj-f33624379e384995bda7ce9e64efab8b2020-11-25T01:18:33ZfasMazandaran University of Medical Sciencesتحقیقات سلامت در جامعه2423-67722423-67642016-12-01233243A Challenges in Implementing Package of Essential Noncommunicable Diseases Interventions in Iran’s Healthcare SystemKoorosh Etemad0Alireza Heidari1MohammadHossein Panahi2Mansureh Lotfi3Fatemeh Fallah4Sadaf Sadeghi5 Introduction and purpose: The World Health Organizatoin Package of Essential Noncommunicable (PEN) Diseases Interventions is a prioritized set of costeffective interventions that can provide quality care even in the low-resource settings. The present study aimed to determine the challenges of implementing this package in Iran’s healthcare system. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using the content analysis approach in 2015. The data were collected by holding two focus group discussions and six depth interviews with the participation of 18 experts. Following the transcription of the interviews, the data were analyzed tthrough the content analysis method. Results: The findings were categorized into nine main themes, including: management challenges, organizational challenges, functional challenges, intelligence challenges, political challenges, demographic challenges, economic challenges, cultural challenges, and educational challenges, out of which 19 subthemes were derived. Conclusion: Effective and sustained management, health system restructuring, cooperation of other sectors, and training can aid with overcoming the multitude of obstacles and accelerating the implementation of the PEN.http://jhc.mazums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-4454-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1Health system Noncommunicable diseases Package of essential interventions Surveillance |
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Koorosh Etemad Alireza Heidari MohammadHossein Panahi Mansureh Lotfi Fatemeh Fallah Sadaf Sadeghi A Challenges in Implementing Package of Essential Noncommunicable Diseases Interventions in Iran’s Healthcare System تحقیقات سلامت در جامعه Health system Noncommunicable diseases Package of essential interventions Surveillance |
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Koorosh Etemad Alireza Heidari MohammadHossein Panahi Mansureh Lotfi Fatemeh Fallah Sadaf Sadeghi |
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A Challenges in Implementing Package of Essential Noncommunicable Diseases Interventions in Iran’s Healthcare System |
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A Challenges in Implementing Package of Essential Noncommunicable Diseases Interventions in Iran’s Healthcare System |
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A Challenges in Implementing Package of Essential Noncommunicable Diseases Interventions in Iran’s Healthcare System |
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A Challenges in Implementing Package of Essential Noncommunicable Diseases Interventions in Iran’s Healthcare System |
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A Challenges in Implementing Package of Essential Noncommunicable Diseases Interventions in Iran’s Healthcare System |
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challenges in implementing package of essential noncommunicable diseases interventions in iran’s healthcare system |
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Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences |
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تحقیقات سلامت در جامعه |
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2423-6772 2423-6764 |
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2016-12-01 |
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Introduction and purpose: The World Health Organizatoin Package of Essential Noncommunicable (PEN) Diseases Interventions is a prioritized set of costeffective interventions that can provide quality care even in the low-resource settings. The present study aimed to determine the challenges of implementing this package in Iran’s healthcare system. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using the content analysis approach in 2015. The data were collected by holding two focus group discussions and six depth interviews with the participation of 18 experts. Following the transcription of the interviews, the data were analyzed tthrough the content analysis method. Results: The findings were categorized into nine main themes, including: management challenges, organizational challenges, functional challenges, intelligence challenges, political challenges, demographic challenges, economic challenges, cultural challenges, and educational challenges, out of which 19 subthemes were derived. Conclusion: Effective and sustained management, health system restructuring, cooperation of other sectors, and training can aid with overcoming the multitude of obstacles and accelerating the implementation of the PEN. |
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Health system Noncommunicable diseases Package of essential interventions Surveillance |
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