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Treatment partners as strategy to increase utilization of compacktreatment packages fro hypertension on Tagapul-an, Samar / Gem T. Villanueva.

By: Contributor(s): Description: v, 90 leaves : illustrations (some color)Subject(s): Dissertation note: Graduate School of Public and Development Management Health Systems and Development Batch 4 Thesis (MPM-HSD)--Development Academy of the Philippines. Summary: This study aims to determine the factors of drug utilization on a context of low income island municipality. Various factors of drug utilization such as patient-related factors, socio-economic factors and health system related factors were discussed. Integration of treatment partners as a strategy to increase drug utilization was employed as the intervention. Integration of information-motivation-behavior change (IMB) model was quoted as the theoretical basis of the intervention. ComPack treatment packages, a government drug regimen supplementation program, were utilized as the drug dispensing source. Economic and geographic barriers to access of medicines were being addressed on this implication. The study design was an action research study The methods of the study were document reviews and focused group discussions. Training of the rural health staff and treatment partners for program implementation was also done. Launching phase was done through an avenue of meeting with 221 respondents, 144 female and 77 were male. They were being assigned to 52 treatment partners assigned to their specific communities. The study duration was two (2) months. BAsis of assessment was the documents reviewed from drug consumption and wastage. Defined Daily Dose (DDD) was employed to evaluate the dosage measure difference of before and after the intervention was done. Verification of data as a drug utilization review, a drug adherence method was employed. Morisky 8-item medication adherence scale questionnaire was administered on the respondents. The results showed that drug wastage in initial assessment had a total of 3822 packages on 2013 and 1517 packages on total drug wastage at 2014. Total DDD of hypertensive medications on the initial phase was 21.2/1000 pop/day while on the end of implementation as 54.47/1000 pop/day. Upon analysis of the questionnaire results, the data shows that high adheres account only to 2 (0.9%) from the total population, while medium adheres at 95 (42.9%) and low adheres at (56.1%). Comparison of the data to the population demographics cited vulnerable populations to low/non-adherence to drug regimen such as male gender, old age and complex treatment regimen.
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Villanueva, G. T. (2014). Treatment partners as strategy to increase utilization of compacktreatment packages fro hypertension on Tagapul-an, Samar (Unpublished master's thesis). Graduate School of Public and Development Management, Development Academy of the Philippines.

Graduate School of Public and Development Management Health Systems and Development Batch 4 Thesis (MPM-HSD)--Development Academy of the Philippines.

This study aims to determine the factors of drug utilization on a context of low income island municipality. Various factors of drug utilization such as patient-related factors, socio-economic factors and health system related factors were discussed. Integration of treatment partners as a strategy to increase drug utilization was employed as the intervention. Integration of information-motivation-behavior change (IMB) model was quoted as the theoretical basis of the intervention. ComPack treatment packages, a government drug regimen supplementation program, were utilized as the drug dispensing source. Economic and geographic barriers to access of medicines were being addressed on this implication. The study design was an action research study The methods of the study were document reviews and focused group discussions. Training of the rural health staff and treatment partners for program implementation was also done. Launching phase was done through an avenue of meeting with 221 respondents, 144 female and 77 were male. They were being assigned to 52 treatment partners assigned to their specific communities. The study duration was two (2) months. BAsis of assessment was the documents reviewed from drug consumption and wastage. Defined Daily Dose (DDD) was employed to evaluate the dosage measure difference of before and after the intervention was done. Verification of data as a drug utilization review, a drug adherence method was employed. Morisky 8-item medication adherence scale questionnaire was administered on the respondents. The results showed that drug wastage in initial assessment had a total of 3822 packages on 2013 and 1517 packages on total drug wastage at 2014. Total DDD of hypertensive medications on the initial phase was 21.2/1000 pop/day while on the end of implementation as 54.47/1000 pop/day. Upon analysis of the questionnaire results, the data shows that high adheres account only to 2 (0.9%) from the total population, while medium adheres at 95 (42.9%) and low adheres at (56.1%). Comparison of the data to the population demographics cited vulnerable populations to low/non-adherence to drug regimen such as male gender, old age and complex treatment regimen.

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