Community outreach programs is an important vehicle for reducing the discovery-delivery disconnect by bringing health education and Health screening services directly to community members. Such programs are consistent with the priority areas of Trinity Care Foundation initiatives for reducing health disparities.
Benefits of outreach services
1. Positive health outputs;
Outreach services can provide closer surveillance of the population, which would improve the continuum of care and make collecting, retrieving and disseminating heath information more efficient and comprehensive. This contributes to disease surveillance and to better health care management. The workload related to disease management can be better shared between front-line workers and backup teams.
2. Increasing access to health specialists in remote areas; Most developing countries lack specialists. This is particularly the case in remote or rural areas, where front-line health centres are very often staffed only with nurses. Outreach strategies can provide specialist visits to underserved populations.
3. Increasing quality of care and confidence in the health system Outreach services can also increase the quality of care provided in remote areas. Sharing experiences on practice and the transfer of technologies and know-how has a positive impact on the quality of care. Increased access to new technologies for diagnosis and treatment will also enhance the quality of care, by improving the reliability of results.
4. Time and cost saving for patients in remote areas Time and cost to access health facilities often constitute a major obstacle to seeking care. It is not uncommon for a patient to be obliged to allow one full day of travel in order to access a health structure. These indirect costs can be so high as to be catastrophic for the financial stability of a household.
5. Continuing education for health workers It is essential to build and strengthen health workers’ capacities in order for an effective health system to provide quality care. In underserved areas, it is often difficult for health workers to have access to continuing education: schools and training centres are mostly located in attractive areas, where the potential number of students is higher.
6. Mitigating health professionals’ feelings of isolation Feelings of isolation and loneliness are very common in remote areas, where health workers can be confronted with excessive workloads and have no peers with whom to share views on the difficulties they face. Feeling better at work increases the productivity and motivation of health workers, and helps retain them in remote areas.
CSR Partnership
To help meet your corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals, Trinity Care Foundation (TCF) can create specific project proposals for your organisation. Organisations can support to implement SchoolHealth Programs in Karnataka state, India.
Trinity Care Foundation (TCF) a 15 year old Non-Profit Organization, has the Trust registration, PAN, TAN, 12AB, 80G, Professional tax and FCRA. It is registered with NITI Aayog, Government of India. TCF has registered with Ministry of Corporate Affairs for undertaking Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities and the registration number is CSR00003858.
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