Health equity | Women's health 1
Track 15
| Friday, October 27, 2023 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:35 PM |
| Meeting Room C4.7 |
Speaker
Prof Robert Phillips
Executive Director
The Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine Foundation
Primary Health Care is Essential for Health Security and Securing Health
2:00 PM - 2:55 PMSummary
Primary Health Care aims to support whole-person and community health by integrating primary care with behavioral health, public health, population health, and other functions fundamental to health. Achieving Primary Health Care requires a solid foundation of Primary Care, and this foundation is actively eroding in most countries. This professional forum will be a panel presentation about the unique and common problems facing primary care, examples of efforts to repair and enhance primary care, and opportunities for the international community to share solutions and innovations. Particular attention will be given to how WONCA can help lead.
o The United States is, for the first time, creating a federal infrastructure to support primary care strategies for its most pressing health problems. It starts this effort well-behind most other developed countries. The success of this effort will depend on its ability to translate intention into policy and infrastructure.
o Australia’s Primary Health Care 10 Year Plan released in March 22, still awaits an implementation strategy and budget, despite the current crisis in GP Workforce numbers and funding. This forum will explore with participants important priorities for general practice in the adoption of key elements.
o In addition to securing health around the world, primary health care is essential to health security. How we identify and respond to pandemics, how we resolve widespread health disparities, how we prevent widespread health disparities, how we prevent weaponized biologics from spreading rapidly
o The United States is, for the first time, creating a federal infrastructure to support primary care strategies for its most pressing health problems. It starts this effort well-behind most other developed countries. The success of this effort will depend on its ability to translate intention into policy and infrastructure.
o Australia’s Primary Health Care 10 Year Plan released in March 22, still awaits an implementation strategy and budget, despite the current crisis in GP Workforce numbers and funding. This forum will explore with participants important priorities for general practice in the adoption of key elements.
o In addition to securing health around the world, primary health care is essential to health security. How we identify and respond to pandemics, how we resolve widespread health disparities, how we prevent widespread health disparities, how we prevent weaponized biologics from spreading rapidly
Takeaways
1. The capacity to address nations' pressing health problems requires government to develop strategic infrastructure for primary health care
2. Primary health care is essential to health security, as demonstrated by the COVID-19 pandemic
3. Sharing lessons from all countries' primary health care innovations is important
2. Primary health care is essential to health security, as demonstrated by the COVID-19 pandemic
3. Sharing lessons from all countries' primary health care innovations is important
Biography
Professor Phillips is the Founding Executive Director of The Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care in Washington, DC. He co-chaired the recent Consensus Study, Implementing High-Quality Primary Care for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine which spawned several national policy initiatives to strengthen primary care in the United States.
Professor Phillips leads a national clinical registry supporting primary care practices across the US and which is an important focus of primary care research for the Centers for Disease Control.
Dr. Phillips is a Clinical Professor at Georgetown and Virginia Commonwealth Universities and has served on several national health advisory committees including as co-chair of the Population Health subcommittee of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. He has published more than 350 research articles, essays, and book chapters. Professor Phillips currently serves as the chair of the National Academy of Medicine Membership Committee.
Dr Karen Magraith
Past President
Australasian Menopause Society
Menopause: How to confidently deliver evidenced-based care.
2:55 PM - 3:30 PMSummary
Menopause marks the end of a woman’s reproductive years, with perimenopause the time leading up to and for twelve months after the final menstrual period. Most women experience menopause between the ages of 45-55 as part of biological ageing but it can also occur as a consequence of surgical or medical procedures. Women make up over half of the world’s population and are now living for longer in this post menopausal state. The hormonal changes associated with perimenopause and menopause can affect physical, mental, and social well-being and women’s experiences of symptoms vary widely. It is crucial that women have access to evidenced-based care to not only treat the symptoms but also to address the potential long term health consequences of menopause. Barriers to access to appropriate care at menopause lead to poorer health outcomes for women.
This workshop will provide a practical approach to improving participants’ knowledge and improve their confidence to deliver evidence-based care to women using a more structured approach in the menopause consult.
The session will encourage interaction and engagement through:
• Acknowledging (and building on) the skills, knowledge, and experience in the room
• Linking to current practice through a strength-based approach
• Ensuring relevance to a general practice context
• Inviting participation and contribution in both whole group and small group activities
• Use of case studies to demonstrate key concepts
Participants will be encouraged to reflect on:
• their own experiences with managing women’s health in the menopause transition and beyond
• how they might integrate evidence-based care into their practice
• how to utilise a menopause consult to incorporate essential preventative health strategies for women
Reference:
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/menopause
This workshop will provide a practical approach to improving participants’ knowledge and improve their confidence to deliver evidence-based care to women using a more structured approach in the menopause consult.
The session will encourage interaction and engagement through:
• Acknowledging (and building on) the skills, knowledge, and experience in the room
• Linking to current practice through a strength-based approach
• Ensuring relevance to a general practice context
• Inviting participation and contribution in both whole group and small group activities
• Use of case studies to demonstrate key concepts
Participants will be encouraged to reflect on:
• their own experiences with managing women’s health in the menopause transition and beyond
• how they might integrate evidence-based care into their practice
• how to utilise a menopause consult to incorporate essential preventative health strategies for women
Reference:
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/menopause
Takeaways
• Appreciate the symptoms and consequences of menopause
• Develop a structured approach to the menopause consult using evidence-based management
• Understand appropriate prescribing of menopausal hormone therapy and other treatment options
• Develop a structured approach to the menopause consult using evidence-based management
• Understand appropriate prescribing of menopausal hormone therapy and other treatment options
Biography
Karen Magraith is a General Practitioner in Hobart, Australia, and Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Tasmania. She is President of the Australasian Menopause Society. Karen is aware that most menopause clinical care occurs in primary care, and she is keen to educate and empower primary care clinicians in this role.
