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Global perspectives on implementing person-centered care: lessons from Ethiopia, Ghana, Nepal, and Zambia Passed

Wednesday May 15, 2024 09:57 - 10:09 G4

Moderator: Karen Van Zijl
Presenter: Adamson Paxon

Track: Global and Local Perspectives

Health outcomes are influenced by our health care, social, governmental, economic, and environmental systems — all dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals. Achieving these goals requires a broadened application of person-centered care across health systems. Indeed, person-centered care plays a fundamental role in shaping people’s trust and confidence in the health system and affects health outcomes across the life course. In this session, we will provide an overview of JSI’s person-centered care framework, which is theoretically based in the socioecological model and includes five principles and six domains derived from literature and practice. We will discuss how the framework can be used to improve the design, management, delivery, and measurement of global health programs that are shaped by and responsive to the needs of individuals and communities. Using country examples across contexts (Ethiopia, Zambia, Ghana, and Nepal) and health areas (maternal health, immunization, and HIV/AIDS), we will discuss how we have applied person-centered care more broadly across health systems and communities. We will use the person-centered care framework as the guide for our discussion. We will hold time for facilitated discussion with the audience to learn more about the application of person-centered care globally and to gather feedback on JSI’s framework. We will close with a call to action for how we can collectively advance person-centered care and other relevant approaches in order to achieve global goals of health and well-being for all. 

Language

English

Seminar type

Pre-recorded + On-site

Lecture type

Orals

Conference

GCPCC

Authors

Jessica Posner, Nicole Castle

Lecturers

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Karen Van Zijl Moderator

Zuid Afrikaans Hospital / University of Pretoria

Dr Karen van Zijl, Ph.D., CCLS
PhD - Educational Psychology (UJ)
Advanced Certificate in Child and Youth Studies – Child Life Specialisation (UFV, Canada)
M.Diac - Play Therapy, Graduated Summa Cum Laude (UNISA)
Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree – Psychology (UNISA)
Bachelor of Arts Degree – Education and Psychology, Graduated Summa Cum Laude (UP)
Higher Education Diploma in Early Childhood Education, Graduated Summa Cum Laude
(UP)
Dr van Zijl is a Certified Child Life Specialist and Play Therapist working in private
practice and at Zuid Afrikaans Hospital. She is a part time lecturer at the University
of Pretoria. She forms part of the task force for the International Society of Paediatric
Oncology (SIOP) on Paediatric Oncology in Developing Countries (PODC) with a
focus on Patient, Family and Stakeholder Engagement (PFSE). She is also a
member of the research task force for Pictorial Support in Person-centred Care for
Children (PicPecc) at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences - University of
Gothenburg, Sweden in conjunction with the University of Pretoria.

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Adamson Paxon Presenter

Deputy Project Director-Technical Services
JSI

Adamson Paxon NDHLOVU, MD, MSc has 12 years of senior level experience and applied skills in leading, designing, implementing and evaluating projects focused on HIV prevention, care and treatment services to key populations, priority and people living with HIV (PLHIV). His areas of expertise include overall program design and management, capacity building, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), multi-sectoral coordination, and research. Dr NDHLOVU currently serves as the Deputy Project Director for one of JSI's largest HIV treatment Projects in Zambia where he leads technical services. He obtained his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Zambia and his Master of Science in Global Health and Infectious Diseases from the University of Edinburgh