Lockdown, relaxation, and acme period in COVID-19: A study of disease dynamics in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.

Lockdown and social distancing measures have been implemented for many countries to mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent overwhelming of health services. However, success on this strategy depends not only on the timing of its implementation, but also on the relaxation measures adopted within each community. We developed a mathematical model to evaluate the impacts of the lockdown implemented in Hermosillo, Mexico. We compared this intervention with some hypothetical ones, varying the starting date and also the population proportion that is released, breaking the confinement. A Monte Carlo study was performed by considering three scenarios to define our baseline dynamics. Results showed that a hypothetical delay of two weeks, on the lockdown measures, would result in an early acme around May 9 for hospitalization prevalence and an increase on cumulative deaths, 42 times higher by May 31, when compared to baseline. On the other hand, results concerning relaxation dynamics showed that the acme levels depend on the proportion of people who gets back to daily activities as well as the individual behavior with respect to prevention measures. Analysis regarding different relaxing mitigation measures were provided to the Sonoran Health Ministry, as requested. It is important to stress that, according to information provided by health authorities, the acme occurring time was closed to the one given by our model. Hence, we considered that our model resulted useful for the decision-making assessment, and that an extension of it can be used for the study of a potential second wave.

[Components of matrix support and collaborative mental health care: a narrative review]. / Componentes do apoio matricial e cuidados colaborativos em saúde mental: uma revisão narrativa.

Collaborative care between mental health and primary care is effective in improving health outcomes. The matrix support has similarities with collaborative care little explored in the literature. This article compares the two models and analyzes the matrix support from evidence on collaborative care. Narrative review. Components of each model (activities and dimensions) were identified and compared. Evidence on collaborative care informed analysis of similar components of matrix support. The dimensions of the matrix support - educational support, specialized care, regulation, co-management - and collaborative care - multiprofessional care, systematic communication, structured care, organizational support - were identified. The main similarity between the models lies in the direct collaborative activities around clinical problems which is related to effectiveness in collaborative care studies. Direct collaborative activities are a positive aspect of matrix support. Structured care and support at the organizational level should be encouraged. Future studies should refine the proposed categories and explore their use for the development of matrix support.

Cuidados colaborativos entre saúde mental e atenção primária são efetivos em melhorar desfechos de saúde. O apoio matricial tem semelhanças com cuidados colaborativos pouco exploradas na literatura. Este artigo compara os dois modelos e analisa o apoio matricial a partir de evidências sobre cuidados colaborativos. Revisão narrativa. Componentes de cada modelo (atividades e dimensões) foram identificados e comparados. Evidências sobre cuidados colaborativos informaram análise de componentes semelhantes do apoio matricial. Foram identificadas dimensões do apoio matricial ­ suporte educacional, cuidado especializado, regulação, cogestão ­ e dos cuidados colaborativos ­ cuidado multiprofissional, comunicação sistemática, cuidado estruturado, suporte organizacional. A principal semelhança entre os modelos está nas atividades colaborativas diretas em torno de problemas clínicos, relacionadas a efetividade em estudos sobre cuidados colaborativos. Atividades colaborativas diretas são ponto positivo do apoio matricial. Cuidado estruturado e suporte em nível organizacional devem ser encorajados. Futuros estudos devem refinar as categorias propostas e explorar seu uso para desenvolvimento do apoio matricial.

Componentes do apoio matricial e cuidados colaborativos em saúde mental: uma revisão narrativa / Components of matrix support and collaborative mental health care: a narrative review

Resumo Cuidados colaborativos entre saúde mental e atenção primária são efetivos em melhorar desfechos de saúde. O apoio matricial tem semelhanças com cuidados colaborativos pouco exploradas na literatura. Este artigo compara os dois modelos e analisa o apoio matricial a partir de evidências sobre cuidados colaborativos. Revisão narrativa. Componentes de cada modelo (atividades e dimensões) foram identificados e comparados. Evidências sobre cuidados colaborativos informaram análise de componentes semelhantes do apoio matricial. Foram identificadas dimensões do apoio matricial - suporte educacional, cuidado especializado, regulação, cogestão - e dos cuidados colaborativos - cuidado multiprofissional, comunicação sistemática, cuidado estruturado, suporte organizacional. A principal semelhança entre os modelos está nas atividades colaborativas diretas em torno de problemas clínicos, relacionadas a efetividade em estudos sobre cuidados colaborativos. Atividades colaborativas diretas são ponto positivo do apoio matricial. Cuidado estruturado e suporte em nível organizacional devem ser encorajados. Futuros estudos devem refinar as categorias propostas e explorar seu uso para desenvolvimento do apoio matricial.

Abstract Collaborative care between mental health and primary care is effective in improving health outcomes. The matrix support has similarities with collaborative care little explored in the literature. This article compares the two models and analyzes the matrix support from evidence on collaborative care. Narrative review. Components of each model (activities and dimensions) were identified and compared. Evidence on collaborative care informed analysis of similar components of matrix support. The dimensions of the matrix support - educational support, specialized care, regulation, co-management - and collaborative care - multiprofessional care, systematic communication, structured care, organizational support - were identified. The main similarity between the models lies in the direct collaborative activities around clinical problems which is related to effectiveness in collaborative care studies. Direct collaborative activities are a positive aspect of matrix support. Structured care and support at the organizational level should be encouraged. Future studies should refine the proposed categories and explore their use for the development of matrix support.

Effects of PACK guide training on the management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by primary care clinicians: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial in Florianópolis, Brazil.

INTRODUCTION: The Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK) guide was localised for Brazil, where primary care doctors and nurses were trained to use it. METHODS: Twenty-four municipal clinics in Florianópolis were randomly allocated to receive outreach training and the guide, and 24 were allocated to receive only the guide. 6666 adult patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were enrolled, and trial outcomes were measured over 12 months, using electronic medical records. The primary outcomes were composite scores of treatment changes and spirometry, and new asthma and COPD diagnosis rates. RESULTS: Asthma scores in 2437 intervention group participants were higher (74.8%, 20.4% and 4.8% with scores of 0, 1 and 2, respectively) than in 2633 control group participants (80.0%, 16.8% and 3.2%) (OR for higher score 1.32, 95% CI 1.08 to 1.61, p=0.006). Adjusted for asthma scores recorded in each clinic before training started, the OR was 1.24 (95% CI 1.03 to 1.50, p=0.022). COPD scores in 1371 intervention group participants (77.7%, 17.9% and 4.3% with scores of 0, 1 and 2) did not differ from those in 1181 control group participants (80.5%, 15.8% and 3.7%) (OR 1.21, 95% CI 0.94 to 1.55, p=0.142). Rates of new asthma and COPD diagnoses, and hospital admission, and indicators of investigation, diagnosis and treatment of comorbid cardiovascular disease, diabetes and depression, and tobacco cessation did not differ between trial arms. CONCLUSION: PACK training increased guideline-based treatment and spirometry for asthma but did not affect COPD or comorbid conditions, or diagnosis rates. TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT02786030 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/).

Using a mentorship model to localise the Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK): from South Africa to Brazil.

Brazil's Sistema Único de Saúde, or Unified Health System policy, has delivered major improvements in health coverage and outcomes, but challenges remain, including the rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and variations in quality of care across the country. Some of these challenges may be met through the adaptation and implementation of a South African primary care strategy, the Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK). Developed by the University of Cape Town's Knowledge Translation Unit (KTU), PACK is intended for in-country adaptation by employing a mentorship model. Using this approach, the PACK Adult guide and training materials were localised for use in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, as part of an initiative to reform primary care, expand care for NCDs and make services more accessible and equitable. The value of the collaboration between the KTU and Florianópolis municipality is the transfer of skills and avoidance of duplication of effort involved in de-novo guide development, while ensuring that materials are locally acceptable and applicable. The collaboration has informed the development of the KTU's PACK mentorship package and led to a relationship between the groups of developers, ensuring ongoing learning and research, with the potential of assisting the further scale-up of PACK in Brazil.

Crossing borders: the PACK experience of spreading a complex health system intervention across low-income and middle-income countries.

Developing a health system intervention that helps to improve primary care in a low-income and middle-income country (LMIC) is a considerable challenge; finding ways to spread that intervention to other LMICs is another. The Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK) programme is a complex health system intervention that has been developed and adopted as policy in South Africa to improve and standardise primary care delivery. We have successfully spread PACK to several other LMICs, including Botswana, Brazil, Nigeria and Ethiopia. This paper describes our experiences of localising and implementing PACK in these countries, and our evolving mentorship model of localisation that entails our unit providing mentorship support to an in-country team to ensure that the programme is tailored to local resource constraints, burden of disease and on-the-ground realities. The iterative nature of the model's development meant that with each country experience, we could refine both the mentorship package and the programme itself with lessons from one country applied to the next-a 'learning health system' with global reach. While not yet formally evaluated, we appear to have created a feasible model for taking our health system intervention across more borders.

Integrating primary care of chronic respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Brazil: Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK Brazil): study protocol for randomised controlled trials.

BACKGROUND: Multimorbidity is increasing common in Brazilian adults. Comorbid chronic lung disease, cardiovascular disease and diabetes are often inaccurately diagnosed or ineffectively treated. The Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) aims to strengthen health systems to prevent and control non-communicable diseases through primary health care. The Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK Adult) is a clinical decision support tool that provides evidence-supported algorithmic guidelines for screening, diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases, and is widely used in South Africa. It was adapted for Brazil by family physicians in the Florianopolis City Health Department, which trains clinic doctors and nurses to use it. METHODS: Effectiveness of PACK Adult training will be evaluated in two pragmatic cluster randomised trials, one enrolling adults with chronic lower respiratory diseases and the other enrolling adults with cardiovascular disease or diabetes. Forty-eight municipal clinics in Florianopolis were randomly allocated to intervention or control arms. In intervention arm clinics, doctors and nurses will receive educational outreach training and the PACK Adult clinical decision support tool. In control arm clinics, doctors and nurses will receive only the tool. Trial outcomes will be measured using patients' electronic medical records during 12 months after completion of basic training. Primary outcomes for the respiratory trial are appropriate prescribing, spirometry and diagnosis rates. Primary outcomes for the cardiovascular trial are testing for cardiovascular risk and diabetes, and systolic blood pressure. Educational outreach to primary care professionals could improve respiratory, cardiovascular and diabetes care in Brazil. TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT02786030 and NCT02795910 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/).

Estudo das tradições que informam a Política Nacional de Atenção Integral à Saúde da Criança (PNAISC) / Study of the traditions that inform the National Policy for Comprehensive Child Health Care (PNAISC)

No final de 2011, a Área Técnica de Saúde da Criança e Aleitamento Materno do Ministério da Saúde iniciou discussões para formulação e implantação da Política Nacional de Atenção Integral à Saúde da Criança (PNAISC) e definiu pelo acompanhamento avaliativo desse processo desde seu início. Apoiando-se no referencial da hermenêutica-dialética, a pesquisa objetivou vislumbrar diferentes aspectos do processo de formulação e implantação da PNAISC: as tradições que informam sua formulação, o desenrolar do processo de formulação e implantação e o contexto nos diversos territórios. A partir do contato com os principais atores desse processo, foi possível, para a equipe de pesquisa, vislumbrar um elenco de tradições que o influenciavam. Para o estudo hermenêutico dessas tradições, foi criado um Filtro de Estudo, aplicado às seis principais tradições, que permitiu elaborar Sínteses Compreensivas e facilitar sua análise comparativa. Foi construída uma Matriz das Tradições, destacando os seus princípios, diretrizes, arranjos e dispositivos. O estudo estabeleceu a trajetória das tradições que informam o processo de elaboração da PNAISC e como cada tradição influenciou e/ou foi influenciada pelas demais, sendo elaborados Mapa Hermenêutico das Tradições e uma narrativa desse percurso. Em seguida, foram colocados em destaque os principais conceitos estudados, traçando a sua trajetória. Assim, foram desenhados oito Mapas Hermenêuticos e suas narrativas: Mapa Hermenêutico das Tradições da PNAISC e os Mapas com as trajetórias dos conceitos: Democracia Institucional, Clínica Ampliada, Apoio Institucional, Articulação Interfederativa, Redes de Atenção, Intersetorialidade e Saberes Tecnológicos envolvidos

At the end of 2011, the Technical Area of Child Health and Breastfeeding of the Ministry of Health initiated discussions for the formulation and implementation of the National Policy for Comprehensive Child Health Care (PNAISC) and defined the evaluative accompanying of that process since its beginning. Based on the framework of dialectic hermeneutics, the research aimed to glimpse different aspects of the process of formulation and implementation of the PNAISC: the traditions that inform its formulation, the course of the process of formulation and implementation, and the context in the different territories. From the contact with the main agents of that process, it was possible, for the research team, to glimpse a set of traditions that influenced it. For the hermeneutic study of those traditions, a Study Filter was created, being applied to the six main traditions which allowed to elaborate Comprehensive Syntheses and facilitate its comparative analysis. A Matrix of Traditions was built, highlighting its principles, directresses, arrangements, and devices. The study established the trajectory of the traditions that inform the process of elaboration of the PNAISC and how each tradition influenced and/or was influenced by the others, being elaborated a Hermeneutic Map of Traditions and a narrative of that course. Next, the main concepts studied were highlighted, tracing their trajectories. Thus, eight Hermeneutic Maps and their narratives were designed: Hermeneutic Map of the Traditions of the PNAISC and the Maps with the concepts' trajectories: Institutional Democracy, Extended Clinic, Institutional Support, Inter-federative Articulation, Care Networks, Inter-sectoriality, and Technological Knowledge involved

Tecendo a história da construção da Política Nacional de Atenção Integral à Saúde da Criança (PNAISC) na visão dos sujeitos envolvidos: o desenho qualitativo da pesquisa com utilização da técnica de grupo focal / Weaving the history of the construction of the National Policy for Comprehensive Child Health Care (PNAISC) in the perspective of the subjects involved: the qualitative design of the study with use of the focal group technique

Esta pesquisa nasceu de uma demanda da Área Técnica de Saúde da Criança e Aleitamento Materno do Ministério da Saúde por instaurar um acompanhamento das ações desencadeadas no processo de formulação e implantação da Política Nacional de Atenção Integral à Saúde da Criança (PNAISC), que se constituísse como dispositivo de análise e aprendizagem, subsidiando possíveis ajustes e aportes na trajetória em curso. A pesquisa pretendeu avaliar diferentes dimensões do processo de formulação e implantação da política, compreendendo em diferentes estudos: as tradições que informam sua formulação, o desenrolar do processo em si de formulação e implantação e o contexto nos diversos territórios para sua implantação. Neste artigo, apresentamos o estudo do processo de formulação e implantação da PNAISC, realizado por meio de grupos focais e construção de narrativas. Este estudo compreendeu 19 grupos focais, com a participação dos diversos atores integrantes do processo, sendo elaboradas narrativas a partir das transcrições desse material. Essas narrativas foram processadas em grades temáticas, destacando o que foi discutido em quatro eixos temáticos: Apoio, Articulação Interfederativa, Rede Cegonha (RC) e Arranjos e Atores da PNAISC. Os discursos dos principais atores da pesquisa situados nesses quatro eixos temáticos constituíram a Matriz das Diversas Vozes, que foi apresentada e validada em uma Oficina da Pesquisa Avaliativa, com os diversos atores envolvidos no processo de formulação e implantação da PNAISC. Nessa Oficina, foi formulado um elenco de potencialidades, fragilidades e proposições para cada um dos eixos temáticos. Este artigo apresenta os referenciais epistemológicos e metodológicos desse estudo, bem como seus principais resultados

This study originated from a demand from the Technical Area of Child Health and Breastfeeding of the Ministry of Health for instituting an accompanying of the actions triggered during the process of formulation and implementation of the National Policy for Comprehensive Child Health Care (PNAISC), which would be constituted as a device for analysis and learning, subsidizing possible adjustments and contributions on the trajectory in progress. The research intended to evaluate different dimensions of the process of formulation and implementation of the policy, comprehending in different studies: the traditions that inform its formulation, the course of the process of formulation and implementation itself, and the context in the different territories for its implementation. In this article, we present the study of the process of formulation and implementation of the PNAISC, carried out through focal groups and narrative construction. This study comprehended 19 focal groups, with the participation of the many agents of the process, elaborating narratives from the transcription of that material. Those narratives were processed in thematic grids, highlighting what was discussed in four thematic axes: Support, Articulation, Inter-federative, Stork Network (RC), and Arrangements and Agents of the PNAISC. The discourses of the mains agents of the research located in those four thematic axes constituted the Matrix of the Diverse Voices, which was presented and validated in an Evaluative Research Workshop, with the many agents involved in the process of formulation and implementation of the PNAISC. In that Workshop, a set of potentialities, fragilities, and propositions was formulated for each one of the thematic axes. This article presents the epistemological and methodological frameworks of this study, as well as its main results

Caso Antonio [exercício]

Exercícios objetivos realizando uma avaliação e, ao mesmo tempo, revisão dos conteúdos apresentados no módulo do caso Antônio.

"La Familia" HIV prevention program: a focus on disclosure and family acceptance for Latino immigrant MSM to the USA.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to pilot test and evaluate a HIV prevention program that used a Freirean approach to engage Latino immigrant MSM (men who have sex with men) on issues of sexual orientation, family acceptance, stigma as well as HIV prevention and sexual risk behaviors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Participants were evaluated using a survey before and after participation in the program and compared to a control group. Focus groups where participants discussed their experiences in the program as well as perceptions of the program were held and analyzed. RESULTS: Survey results indicate that after their participation in the program, participants increased their safer sex behaviors, comfort disclosing their sexual orientation and support from friends. CONCLUSIONS: HIV prevention needs to incorporate cultural, social and structural factors.

"La Familia" HIV prevention program: A focus on disclosure and family acceptance for Latino immigrant MSM to the USA / Programa de prevención de VIH "La Familia": Un enfoque en la divulgación y aceptación de la familia en los inmigrantes latinos HSH en los Estados Unidos

Objective. The objective of this study was to pilot test and evaluate a HIV prevention program that used a Freirean approach to engage Latino immigrant MSM (men who have sex with men) on issues of sexual orientation, family acceptance, stigma as well as HIV prevention and sexual risk behaviors. Materials and methods. Participants were evaluated using a survey before and after participation in the program and compared to a control group. Focus groups where participants discussed their experiences in the program as well as perceptions of the program were held and analyzed. Results. Survey results indicate that after their participation in the program, participants increased their safer sex behaviors, comfort disclosing their sexual orientation and support from friends. Conclusions. HIV prevention needs to incorporate cultural, social and structural factors.

Objetivo. El objetivo de este estudio fue probar de manera piloto y evaluar un programa de prevención de VIH que usó una aproximación Freiriana que motivaba a los HSH (hombres que tienen sexo con hombres) en temas de orientación sexual, aceptación familiar, estigma, prácticas sexuales de riesgo y prevención de VIH. Material y métodos. Los participantes contestaron un cuestionario antes y después de participar en el programa mismo que se comparó con un grupo piloto. También se llevaron a cabo grupos focales donde los participantes discutieron sus experiencias y percepciones sobre el programa. Resultados. El análisis de los resultados señala que después de su participación en el programa, los HSH reportaron más prácticas sexuales seguras, más comodidad en revelar su orientación sexual y apoyo de amistades. Conclusiones. La prevención del VIH debe tomar en cuenta factores culturales, sociales y estructurales.