Accessibility to primary healthcare services
Conditions
Interventions
This is a quasi-experimental study.
One DS division, out of 13 DS divisions in Colombo District will be selected to carry out the intervention and one DS division for the control arm.
Intervention
Sponsors
H N A Fonseka
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Male and female elders who are aged 60 years and above. Resident in Colombo district , continuously for six months prior to the survey.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Institutionalized elderly Elderly who exhibit physical and mental incompetence.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Healthcare service utilisation - following service utilization indicators will be used 1.1 Percentage of elderly referred for appropriate care after the geriatric assessment out of those who participated in the geriatric assessment module.Elderly identified with ailments will be referred to necessary healthcare centers by the Medical officer who carried out the assessment. 1.2. Percentage of elderly who participate in at least two sessions of the community health care package out of those who selected to participate. [6 weeks after the implementation of the intervention ] Health care access will be measured at the end of the intervention by using a questionnaire on availability and acceptability of the services provided through community healthcare package and improvement in health access will be determined by the scores obtained. [ 6 weeks after the implementation of the intervention ] | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Health knowledge score- a questionnaire was formulated to assess the health knowledge on disease prevention, health promotion and chronic disease management. Improvement in the health knowledge will be determined by comparison of scores obtained before and after the intervention [At baseline - at the beginning of the intervention and six weeks after the implementation of the intervention.] | — |
Countries
Sri Lanka
Contacts
Public ContactH N A Fonseka
Registrar in Community Medicine
Outcome results
None listed