Operational manager’s knowledge and attitudes toward data and universal health coverage indicators in primary health clinics in Ugu, South Africa
Universal health coverage (UHC) aims to ensure people have access to the health services they need. Sixteen tracer indicators were developed for implementation by countries to measure UHC in the health system. South Africa uses 15 of the proposed 16 indicators. Operational managers in the public hea...
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| author | Saloshni Naidoo Ozayr Mahomed Desiree Govender Resign Gunda Elizabeth Lutge Nirvasha Moodley Sadiyya Sheik Kobus Herbst |
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| description | Universal health coverage (UHC) aims to ensure people have access to the health services they need. Sixteen tracer indicators were developed for implementation by countries to measure UHC in the health system. South Africa uses 15 of the proposed 16 indicators. Operational managers in the public health care sector collect data and report on these indicators at a primary health clinic level. This qualitative study explored the knowledge and attitudes of managers toward data and UHC service indicators in a sub-district in Ugu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Operational managers saw data collection as information gathering, measuring performance and driving action. They understood UHC indicators as ‘health for all’ linking them to National Department of Health Strategic plans and saw the value of indicators for health promotion. They found the lack of training, inadequate numeracy skills, requests for data from multiple spheres of government and the indicator targets that they had to reach as challenging and untenable. While operational managers made the link between data, measuring performance and action, the limited training, skills gaps and pressures from higher levels of government may impede their ability to use data for local level planning and decision making. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-16e12ac386454bc0801a98918b9214082023-09-21T13:56:58ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGlobal Public Health1744-16921744-17062023-01-0118110.1080/17441692.2023.22278822227882Operational manager’s knowledge and attitudes toward data and universal health coverage indicators in primary health clinics in Ugu, South AfricaSaloshni Naidoo0Ozayr Mahomed1Desiree Govender2Resign Gunda3Elizabeth Lutge4Nirvasha Moodley5Sadiyya Sheik6Kobus Herbst7University of KwaZulu-NatalUniversity of KwaZulu-NatalUniversity of KwaZulu-NatalAfrica Health Research InstituteUniversity of KwaZulu-NatalKwaZulu-Natal Department of Health, G J Crookes HospitalAfrica Health Research InstituteAfrica Health Research InstituteUniversal health coverage (UHC) aims to ensure people have access to the health services they need. Sixteen tracer indicators were developed for implementation by countries to measure UHC in the health system. South Africa uses 15 of the proposed 16 indicators. Operational managers in the public health care sector collect data and report on these indicators at a primary health clinic level. This qualitative study explored the knowledge and attitudes of managers toward data and UHC service indicators in a sub-district in Ugu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Operational managers saw data collection as information gathering, measuring performance and driving action. They understood UHC indicators as ‘health for all’ linking them to National Department of Health Strategic plans and saw the value of indicators for health promotion. They found the lack of training, inadequate numeracy skills, requests for data from multiple spheres of government and the indicator targets that they had to reach as challenging and untenable. While operational managers made the link between data, measuring performance and action, the limited training, skills gaps and pressures from higher levels of government may impede their ability to use data for local level planning and decision making.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2023.2227882datauniversal health coverageoperational managers |
| spellingShingle | Saloshni Naidoo Ozayr Mahomed Desiree Govender Resign Gunda Elizabeth Lutge Nirvasha Moodley Sadiyya Sheik Kobus Herbst Operational manager’s knowledge and attitudes toward data and universal health coverage indicators in primary health clinics in Ugu, South Africa Global Public Health data universal health coverage operational managers |
| title | Operational manager’s knowledge and attitudes toward data and universal health coverage indicators in primary health clinics in Ugu, South Africa |
| title_full | Operational manager’s knowledge and attitudes toward data and universal health coverage indicators in primary health clinics in Ugu, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Operational manager’s knowledge and attitudes toward data and universal health coverage indicators in primary health clinics in Ugu, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Operational manager’s knowledge and attitudes toward data and universal health coverage indicators in primary health clinics in Ugu, South Africa |
| title_short | Operational manager’s knowledge and attitudes toward data and universal health coverage indicators in primary health clinics in Ugu, South Africa |
| title_sort | operational manager s knowledge and attitudes toward data and universal health coverage indicators in primary health clinics in ugu south africa |
| topic | data universal health coverage operational managers |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2023.2227882 |
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