Designing a comprehensive needs assessment of the critical and injured pediatric patient in Belize

Authors

  • Paul Bauer Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri and The Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Jackie Kuzminski Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • Jorge Hidalgo Department of Medicine, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize City, Belize
  • Egbert Grinage Department of Pediatrics, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize City, Belize
  • Gary Longsworth Administrative Officer, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize
  • Nicole St. Clair

Keywords:

critical pediatric patient, injured pediatric patient, health care system, Belize

Abstract

Objective: Describe the process of designing and implementing a comprehensive needs assessment of the critical and injured pediatric patient in a low middle income country in order to address internal country identified improvement goals. Setting: Belize’s Ministry of Health hospital healthcare system Process: Design and application of a country-wide healthcare needs assessment adapted from World Health Organization framework on mental healthcare needs assessment and the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety. Results: A comprehensive framework for guiding collaborative work to improve neonatal and pediatric resuscitation care throughout the country of Belize. Conclusions: Using principles of population-specific needs assessment in a low-middle income country, with public health level questions and systems engineering principles, a comprehensive needs assessment tool can be established to identify specific health related improvement projects for critical and injured children throughout a healthcare system. To successfully perform this type of assessment, country wide collaboration and regional discussions are necessary.

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Published

17-10-2023

How to Cite

Bauer, P., Kuzminski, J., Hidalgo, J., Grinage, E., Longsworth, G., & Clair, N. S. (2023). Designing a comprehensive needs assessment of the critical and injured pediatric patient in Belize. Belize Journal of Medicine, 2(1). Retrieved from https://www.bjomed.org/index.php/bjm/article/view/48

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2013): January-June

Section

Original

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