Addressing Social Determinants of Health Through Partnership Session Highlights
Learn about impactful presentations at a session focusing on addressing social determinants of health through collaboration. From building the case for national programs to enhancing governance and leadership, explore key insights, recommendations, and opportunities for improving primary health care services through partnerships and community involvement.
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Track 6 Addressing the social determinants of health through partnership Session 1.6 Chairperson: Ms Aneliswa Cele Scribers: Y. Mokgalakgadi, T Mpembe & B Makhafola Presenter: Ms Aneliswa Cele
PRESENTERS OVERVIEW & TOPICS Session had 4 presenters out of 5 Titles of presentations: 1. ID 41:Thrive to Five - Building the case for a national homebased, parent-led responsive care and early learning programme. By: Rachel Rosentals 2. ID 121: A framework for intersectoral collaboration on safe water provision as a social determinant of health in South Africa. By: MY Mokgalakgadi 3. ID 137: Addressing the social determinants of health through partnerships and collaboration: The Environmental Health approach. By: Dr. Moeti Kgware 4. ID 42: Enhancing governance and leadership for transformative change in the Ideal Clinic Realization and Maintenance programme: A case study from the Limpopo province By: Dr Imke B Engelbrecht 2
Context and key issues from presentations Primary Health Care provision can be improved through collaboration and cooperation with various stakeholders, including Non- governmental, governmental and community-based organisations. Environmental health services are fundamental to addressing the social determinants of health, particularly environmental determinants e.g. safe water; Communities, families, and individuals are key to facilitating positive change and health behaviour; Enhancing governance and leadership at facility level can improve facility-based improvement programmes and improved quality care. 3
Recommendations, approaches, solutions and opportunities Building capacity is key to ensuring the correct application of the intersectoral collaboration framework at various levels; Community partners are the foundation on which Environmental Health can co-design partnerships, with careful consideration of the needs and challenges of the community; Collaborations and partnerships should include a shared vision, co-developed plans for implementation and evaluation, resource alignment, joint reflection and adaptation, and shared decisions regarding any subsequent steps; Groups like Community Caregivers and EPWPs can access community members of any age group. This provide a multiplier effect in spreading health education and promotion intervention; Prevention programmes should be central to PHC services for quality improvement; 4
Relevance to Primary Health Care Services Partnerships and collaborations with various stakeholders play a huge role in improving the quality primary health care services; Social determinants of health, such as safe water, sanitation, hygiene, food and air determines the ability of PHC services to cope; Leadership and accountability is key for PHC services; Community involvement is critical to ensuring PHC services that are responsive to the needs of individuals and families; 5
