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Improving the lives of diabetics in Nairobi's slum through access to quality health care

KENYA, 2009 - 2011
Health and Well-Being (HaW)
African Population and Health Research Center
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Identification

IDNO
APHRC-WDF-2014-1.0
Title
Improving the lives of diabetics in Nairobi's slum through access to quality health care
Country
Name Country code
KENYA KEN
Abstract
The objectives of the study were as follows:

· Improve the capacity of primary health care level facilities serving three Nairobi slums to offer services for chronic diseases which are in line with the level of expertise available at these facilities.

· Improve the skills of health providers in the management of diabetes and other comorbidities with emphasis on the use of integrated guidelines and patient empowerment.

· Strengthen the linkages between the public and private sectors in health by harnessing resources from both sectors and complimenting each other's strengths in providing care for diabetes and its co-morbidities.

· Enhance community capacity to respond to diabetes through creation of patient and family support groups.

· Generate evidence to support the allocation of resources (especially drugs) to primary level health facilities for the management of chronic diseases while providing hands-on training opportunities for undergraduate medical, nursing and clinical students in diabetes care that emphasizes use of integrated guidelines and patient empowerment.

These objectives were to be achieved by the following activities:

· Setting up and running outreach clinics for patients with DM & HPT in three slums (Korogocho, Viwandani, Dandora).

· Building capacity of health workers in 15 HF to screen, diagnose and manage DM & HPT. This was to involve training of health workers and provision of equipment.

· Generating evidence of the impact on the quality of life and lifestyles of clinic attendees.

· Community sensitization via free medical camps, distribution of IEC materials and media programs.

Results:

· 17 health facilities (11 public and 5 private) were equipped with basic but essential diagnostic equipment for diabetes and hypertension.

· 27 clinical officers trained; 54 nursing staff trained and 36 community health workers and paramedics trained.

· Partnership established which brought together; DMI, NWB, Provide International and CAFKID (private) and CCN, Mbagathi district hospital (public).

· Patients support groups formed and 30 members trained as expert patients and as trainers of trainers on self-monitoring and management of diabetes and hypertension.

· 11 medical camps in total conducted (5 in Korogocho; 5 in Viwandani and 1 in Dandora).

1 dissemination with policy makers held plus numerous media coverage in both print and electronic media.

Version

Version Date
2009-04
Version Notes
Version 1.0, February 2015. With anonymised datasets and study materials added.

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
Korogocho and Viwandani informal settlements in Nairobi
Unit of Analysis
Individual

Producers and sponsors

Authoring entity/Primary investigators
Agency Name Affiliation
African Population and Health Research Center APHRC
Producers
Name Affiliation Role
Catherine Kyobutungi APHRC Primary Investigator
Samuel Oti APHRC
Moses Mwithiga APHRC
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
World Diabetes Foundation WDF Funder
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
Name
The study communities (Korogocho and Viwandani)
Staff of APHRC
Provide International, Nutritionists Without Borders (NWB)
Care and Advocacy for Kidney Disease (CAFKID)
City Council of Nairobi (CCN)
Diabetes Management and Information Center (DMI)
Mbagathi District Hospital

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection (YYYY/MM/DD)
Start date End date Cycle
2009-02-27 2010-10-23 Baseline
2010-04-24 2011-05-28 Follow-up
Mode of data collection
Face-to-face [f2f]
Supervision
Research assistant was responsible for data quality control through spot-checks, sit-ins and office editing of questionnaires. Research assistance reported to research officer.
Type of Research Instrument
For each questionnaire, provide a summary on the main sections, target population (population and clinic)



Baseline questionnaire: all patients attending clinics. It list patients' demographic identifiers (respondentID, age and sex), history of medical conditions and treatment, lifestyle history as well as clinical and anthropometric measurements.



6 months follow up: all patients attending clinics. As above.



One year follow up: all patients attending clinics. As above.



Clinic cards: all patients attending clinics. Routine recording of patients clinical and anthropometric measurements.

Data access

Contact
Name Affiliation Email
Head Statistics and Survey Unit APHRC info@aphrc.org
Conditions
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1. Data Ownership: The data remain the property of APHRC; any unauthorized reproduction and sharing of the data is strictly prohibited. The user will, therefore, not release nor permit others to use or release the data to any other person without the written authorization from the Center.

2. Purpose: The provided data must be used for the purpose specified in the Data Request Form; any other use not specified in the form must receive additional or separate authorization.

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4. Confidentiality pledge: The user will not use nor permit others to use the data to report any information in the data sets that could identify, directly or by inference, individuals or households.

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8. Loss of privilege to use data: In the event that APHRC determines that the data user is in violation of the conditions for using the data, or if the user wishes to cancel this agreement, the user will destroy the data files provided to him/her. APHRC retains the right to revoke this agreement or informs publishers to withhold publication of any work based wholly or in part on its data if the conditions for using the data are violated.

9. Acknowledgement: Any work/reports from this data must acknowledge APHRC as the source of these data. For example, the suggested acknowledgement for NUHDSS data is:

"This research uses livelihoods data collected under the longitudinal Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS) since 2006. The NUHDSS is carried out by the African Population and Health Research Center in two slums settlements (Korogocho and Viwandani) in Nairobi City."

Additionally all funders, the study communities that provided the data, and staff who collected and analyzed or processed the data should be acknowledged.

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11. Change of contact details: The user will promptly inform the Director of Research of any change in your personal details as contained on this data request form.
Citation requirement
African Population and Health Research Center, Improving the lives of diabetics in Nairobi's slum through access to quality health care, February 2015.APHRC, Nairobi, Kenya. doi:11239/176-2014-027-1.0

Metadata production

Document ID
APHRC-WDF-2014-1.0
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
African Population and Health Research Center APHRC APHRC Metadata Producer
Date of Production
2015-02-05
Document version
Version 1.0