Assessing Quality of Tuberculosis Care in South Africa Using Standardized Patients

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When:
February 5, 2020 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
2020-02-05T12:30:00-05:00
2020-02-05T14:00:00-05:00
Where:
Boardroom, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research
Dahdaleh Bldg
88 Pond Rd., Toronto
YorkU Keele Campus
Cost:
Free
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Assessing Quality of Tuberculosis Care in South Africa Using Standardized Patients @ Boardroom, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research

South Africa has the third highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) and the highest burden of TB-HIV co-infection globally. Efforts to curb TB have focussed on strengthening the public sector. Yet, a third of South Africans with active TB symptoms first seek care in the private sector where the quality of care remains poorly understood. In this talk, Angela Salomon will present an ongoing study (2017-2020) utilising the standardised patient (SP) methodology to determine how TB and TB-HIV are managed among private general practitioners (GPs) in an urban area of KwaZulu-Natal province. Eight healthy SPs underwent extensive training in typical TB case presentations and completed 220 unannounced visits with 96 consenting GPs. The results of these clinical interactions as a means to assess quality of care for TB and TB-HIV are presented in this talk.

Speaker

Angie Salomon, MPH, is a medical student at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. She works with Assistant Professor Dr. Amrita Daftary (Global Health, York University) and is a research assistant with the McGill International Tuberculosis Centre. There, Angie conducts data management and analysis on a study of the quality of tuberculosis care in South Africa using standardized patients. She also performs a systematic review on interventions to improve linkage gaps along TB-HIV care cascades in low and middle-income countries.

Angie completed her MPH in Epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, where she explored quantitative and mixed-methods research in infectious diseases and maternal health, both at home and abroad. During this time, she worked with the Population Council in Abuja, Nigeria, assessing quality of antenatal care as it pertains to pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. She had previously worked with Grand Challenges Canada as a program assistant for Every Woman Every Child Innovation Marketplace.

Passionate about health equity, Angie works to measure and improve the quality of healthcare delivery locally and globally.

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