Scaling up the WHO-PEN package for diabetes and hypertension in Swaziland: a nation-wide cluster-randomised evaluation of three strategies in Swaziland (WHO-PEN@Scale)

Project Information

WHO-PENatScale

Grant agreement ID: 825823

DOI

10.3030/825823

Project closed

EC signature date 4 December 2018

Start date 1 January 2019

End date 31 December 2023

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being

Total cost

€ 3 449 412,00

EU contribution

€ 3 449 412,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITATSKLINIKUM HEIDELBERG
Germany

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (28)

Evaluation of the smart-device app

Comprehensive evaluation of the design and functions of the smartdevice app and its user utilisation and derivation of design principles and patterns for future application

Protocol for Cochrane review

Protocol for effectiveness review.

Map of target organisations

Detailed map and evaluation of target organisations for research dissemination and policy dialogue purposes.

Datasets and implementation report II

De-identified datasets and implementation report from each round of the household surveys.

Manuscript of Cochrane review

Full manuscript of the review for submission to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Report of the pilot studies

Report of the pilot studies (and their results) conducted during the ‘design’ phase of the WHO-PEN@Scale project.

Policy brief on comorbidities

A policy brief on the implementation and scale-up considerations of WHO-PEN among adults with different co-morbidities.

Report on time-and-motion study

Brief report on the impact of WHOPEN on nurses time spent with nonNCD patients using data from the timeandmotion study

Data collection tools

Data collection tools for the population-based household surveys.

Updated work plan for stage 2

Updated work plan for stage 2.

Report on economic outcomes

Brief report on the impact of the different WHO-PEN scale-up strategies on recipients’ economic outcomes.

Report on implementation challenges

Report on implementation challenges and acceptability of the WHO-PEN scale-up strategies including findings from the patient questionnaire and qualitative interviews.

GRADE Evidence-to-Decision framework

Populated GRADE Evidence-to-Decision framework on task shifting to lay health workers and nurses for diabetes, hypertension, and other NCDs.

Updated work plan for stage 3
Management tools and documentation

Develop management tools and documentation.

Report on the results of each round I

Report on the results of each round of the household survey ie each study phase

Study protocol and data collection tool

Study protocol and data collection tools for bottomup costing of WHOPEN including timeandmotion study

Documentation of CHW app

Documentation of smartphone app development improvement and evaluation process

Report on health equity impact

Brief report on the health equity impact of WHO-PEN in Swaziland.

Interim report on the activities of the RHM

The interim report focuses is to report on the activities of the RHM within the project to ensure the adequate rollout and sustainability of the strategies Any additional risks and mitigation strategies should be identified

Report on the results of each round II

Report on the results of each round of the household survey (i.e., each study phase).

Updated work plan for stage 1

Updated work plan for stage 1.

Datasets and implementation report I

Deidentified datasets and implementation report from each round of the household surveys

Framework on factors driving comorbidities

A framework (informed by both quantitative and qualitative data) that describes individual and structural factors that drive the syndics of diabetes, hypertension, HIV, and depression.

Report of five stakeholder dialogues

Report of at least five high-level stakeholder dialogues conducted to identify and discuss evidence-informed options on task shifting to lay health workers and nurses for diabetes, hypertension, and other NCDs.

Meeting schedule

Project management committee meeting schedule.

Matrix of suitable high-level forums

Populated matrix of suitable candidate high level forums for facetoface policy dialogues and research dissemination

Patient questionnaire

Patient questionnaire on WHO-PEN acceptability and implementation.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (3)

Policy brief on implementation

Policy brief on implementation and scale-up challenges and experiences in Swaziland aimed at policy makers in other low-resource settings.

Policy brief on the budget impact

Policy brief on the budget impact of WHOPEN including projection of budget impact over time horizons beyond the WHOPENScale projects study period

Report on the cost-effectiveness

Report on the cost-effectiveness of WHO-PEN in Swaziland.

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (4)

Roll-out of app (v1.0)

Roll-out of the first version of the smartphone app after testing and collecting comprehensive feedback during the design phase of the WHO-PEN@Scale project.

Prototype of the smartphone app

Development of a first prototype of the culturally appropriate and gender-sensitive smartphone app for CHWs posing as the proof-of-concept.

Roll-out of app (v2.0)

Roll-out of the second version of the smartphone app after testing and collecting comprehensive feedback during the first half of Phase 1 of the WHO-PEN@Scale project

Roll-out of app (v3.0)

Development of the final version of the smartphone app after testing and collecting comprehensive feedback during the second half of Phase 1 of the WHO-PEN@Scale project.

Other (2)

Data analysis code I

Data analysis code from each round of the household survey (i.e., each study phase).

Data analysis code II

Data analysis code from each round of the household survey (i.e., each study phase).

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data management plan

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (1)

Syndemic contexts: findings from a review of research on non-communicable diseases and interviews with experts.

Author(s): Pirrone, I., Dieleman, M., Reis, R., & Pell, C
Published in: Global Health Action, Issue 16549716, 2021, ISSN 1654-9716
Publisher: Co-Action Publishing
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2021.1927332

Other (1)

Lay health workers in primary and community health care for chronic conditions: protocol for a Cochrane review update.

Author(s): Pantoja T, Munabi-Babigumira S, Gonçalves-Bradley DC, Guigliani C, Stein AT, de Rodrigues Araújo N, Mansilla C, Odendaal W, Aja G, Cogo E, Sguassero Y, Villanueva G, Bergman H, Henschke N, & Lewin S.
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5920629

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Exploring Mobile Health Technology for DevelopmentAn Investigation of Design and Action to foster Utility, Scalability, and Sustainability of Interventions in the Global South

Author(s): Maike Greve
Published in: Göttinger Wirktschaftinformatik, 2022, ISBN 9783736975705
Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag

Conference proceedings (2)

Towards the Design of a Mobile Application to Support Decentralized Healthcare in Developing Countries – The Case of Diabetes Care in eSwatini

Author(s): Sascha Lichtenberg, University of Goettingen Maike Greve, University of Goettingen Alfred Benedikt Brendel, University of Goettingen Lutz M. Kolbe, University of Goettingen
Published in: Twenty-fifth Americas Conference on Information Systems, Cancun, 2019, Issue 25th, annual, 2019, 2019
Publisher: Americas Conference on Information Systems

Supporting Non-Communicable Disease Prevention through a mHealth Application in Decentralized Healthcare Systems: Action Design Research in Eswatini

Author(s): Maike Greve, University of Goettingen Sascha Lichtenberg, University of Goettingen Stefan Diedrich, University of Goettingen Alfred Benedikt Brendel, University of Goettingen
Published in: Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), 2020
Publisher: European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)