This audit aims to identify whether the implementation of an outreach team has had an impact on inhospital cardiac arrest rates and readmission rates to ICU.
Against an apparently favourable backdrop, the "simple rules" of primary health system change described in other settings provided a plausible framing of how changes were achieved in the implementation of PHC outreach teams in the North West Province.
Finally, our appreciation goes to the Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia, Surgical Society of Ethiopia and Volunteer specialists who have participated with great partnership in the implementation of the clinical specialist outreach project.
While we still make significant contributions to such programmes, our Government partners now spearhead the process, taking the lead in managing design and implementation of outreach services for children and mothers.
We report a reduction in the cardiac arrest rate post implementation of outreach, although this may be due to other external factors.
Gender roles in transition and ethnic and cultural diversity may further add to the complexity of modern family arrangements and challenge implementation of outreach strategies.
This analysis was performed 1 year pre and post the implementation of a dedicated nurse-led outreach team.
The paper draws conclusions about the role of outreach in contributing to the implementation of inequalities focused primary prevention and identifies further research needed in the theoretical development of both outreach as an approach and candidacy as a conceptual framework.
Some provinces had no formal outreach programme for the implementation of PPIP; in others the provincial or regional MCWH coordinator or another appointed provincial official fulfilled this support function.
The aim of this project was to assess whether outreach visits would improve the implementation of evidence based clinical practice in the area of falls reduction and stroke prevention in a residential care setting.
