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Capacities of Caribbean Health
Workforce to meet current
challenges of non communicable
disease prevention and control
Results of a key informant study
High level meeting on Human resources for Health in the
Caribbean
Branka Legetic, James Hospedales,
Pan American Health Organization- World Health Organization
Pan American
Health
Organization
2004
Survey on Training needs for NCD prevention
and control ( on line 2010)
• Purpose: To contribute to the improvement of
CARMEN school project initiatives, by getting opinion
on key competences lacking among health workforce
regarding NCD prevention and control.
• Key informants: NCD program managers/coordinators,
leaders of related NCD initiatives/programs ( tobacco,
alcohol, health promotion, physical activity and
nutrition)
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Objective:
• Identify the needs and preferences for capacity
building from professionals working in NCD and
related programs and are managers in charge of
planning and executing NCD and related programs
on a country level.
• Participants
• 31 country
• Caribbean: Barbados, Bahamas, Jamaica, Surinam,
BVI, Cayman Islands, Guyana, St Lucia, St Kitts,
Trinidad
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Study results ( 2010):
Profile of the respondents:
• Participants:146 NCD managers & collaborators
• Caribbean: 45 NCD managers and collaborators
• Response rate: 72%, Caribbean: 65%
• Gender: F( 60.2%) M (39.8%)
• Average age: 39; Caribbean: 41
• Profile: MD 58%; MSc 66%; 19%PhD; 49% specialists
• Caribbean: MD 60%; MSc 20%; 40% specialists
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Competences that need
enforcement (Region)
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Investigation, statistics, epidemiology (10%)
Evaluation (8.6%)
Negotiation skills ( esp. with other sectors) 7.9%
Advocacy ( 6.8%)
Collaboration, coordination, networking (6.1%)
Inter-sectoral action (5.4%)
Social marketing and communication (5.1%)
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Competences that need
enforcement (Caribbean)
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Monitoring and evaluation 13.3%
Professional development 9.3%
Planning 8.0%
Research, statistics ,epidemiology 6.7%
Collaboration, coordination, work with other sectors 5.3%
Social Marketing
5.3%
Resource mobilization 5.3%
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Level of priority given to Essential Public
Health Functions in relation to NCDs
Caribbean
Access equitable use of health services
Development of health personnel
Program administration
Quality assurance
Self-care at community level
Applied research
Policy development institutional capacity
Regulation and fiscal capacity
Surveillance of NCDs and RF
Health promotion
Health situation analysis
Intersectoral action
Evaluation of plans and programs
Social participation
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Available resources for training
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Basic Software
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Internet
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Computer at Work
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Video Conference
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CARMEN Network 2011
Members
33 Argentina, Anguilla, Aruba, Antigua
Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Canada,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Curacao, Chile, Dominica, El Salvador,
Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico,
Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, BVI
Barbados, St Kits & Nevis, Grenada,
Guyana, Surinam,
Collaborating members
SLU,USF,NHLBI,CDC,PHAC
AMNET, RAFA,ILSI,F&V,IDB
Special Project
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Carmen School
Special project of CARMEN network
• Generic name for series of training and public
health activities that build a partnership between
Schools or Departments of Public Health (SPH),
Public Health Agencies and Ministries of Health
(MOH) at the country level.
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Present composition
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Evidence Based Public Health Course (EBPH)
Physical Activity and Public Health, (PAPH)
Social Marketing course (SM)
Policy Analyses and Decision Making (PADM)
Chronic Disease management (CDM)
All offered in Spanish and English
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Health
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Partners
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The University of Saint Louis, School of Public Health (PRC) in USA
University of South Carolina, School of Public Health (PRC) US
University of South Florida, School of Public Health (PRC)US
University of Cali, School of Public Health (Colombia)
University of Concepcion, Department of Public Health (Chile)
University of Pelotas, ( Brazil)
The West Indies University, Department of Public Health (Jamaica)
The University of San Carlos & University of Galileo (Guatemala)
University of South Florida branch in Panama City ( Panama)
University of Miami
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Challenges
Logistics & organization:
• Limited reach through “in person” courses
• Resource demanding
Content:
• Request for “new skills” like negotiations,
inter-sector action, social marketing,
communication
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Conclusion &…
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Capacity building as the #2 bullet for action on
Next Steps (Mid term Report on Regional Strategy
and Action plan for NCDs in the Americas
presented to countries in 2010)
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UN HLM Declaration implementation requires
from countries greater capacity in all aspects of
NC prevention and control
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NEXT STEPs for 2012
CARMEN School at PAHO Virtual Campus
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Thank you!
www.paho.org/chronicdisease
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