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Capstone Project: Change Proposal Topic

Kalkita Dodson

HLT-494

Lilia Chavarria

June 15, 2020

Capstone Project: Change Proposal Topic

Introduction

The provision of quality care is an essential aspect of the delivery of healthcare by healthcare providers. The healthcare practitioners play a significant role in the prevention, control, and treatment of diseases to ensure that the population is healthy. However, several barriers that arise concerning specific conditions make it challenging for the provision of quality care. The most common barrier to ensuring a healthy population concerns the failure of the people to get regular checkups and screenings of diseases to ensure they are healthy. Most of the reasons for avoiding this is the fear and stigma that comes with having or suspecting to have certain conditions. Healthcare issues like HIV and cancer are the most stigmatized in our society today. This paper seeks to discuss the topic related to cancer that is a significant healthcare issue, propose a solution to it, and also address the outcomes that are expected to be achieved for initiating the proposal.

Healthcare issue/barrier

The issue of healthcare that I propose for change is the issue concerning the screening, diagnosis, follow-up care, and treatment of cervical cancer barriers (Bateman et al., 2019). This topic seeks to address the obstacles to the whole process of screening and managing cervical cancer. This has been a significant issue in healthcare in the sense that most of the population does not realize the seriousness of the condition as most of them tend to ignore the signs until it gets to its later stages, which reduces the patient's chances of recovery. The importance of regular screening among women of reproductive age has been taken for granted by many women. It is time for that fact to be changed to enhance the outcomes of care and improve the health of the public. The barriers to achieving quality care about the problem presented above exist because most countries across the world lack the resources. That is required for cervical cancer, screening, treatment management. Misinformation that most of the public has a disease—the fear of a negative diagnosis; and the stigma people who get diagnosed with the disease face.

Proposed solution

The barriers that have been discussed above mainly arise due to the lack of information on the various aspects of the disease. The solution I would propose for this issue is creating awareness through education of the public through multiple forums that make it possible for a large number of people to access the information and understand the problem. The program that will play a significant role in solving this issue is the program for patient navigation as it will play a vital role in helping to eliminate the various barriers and by enhancing access to information and care (Krok-Schoen et al., 2016). The patient navigators help the patients in establishing communication between them and their providers of care to get the necessary information for them to be able to make decisions regarding treatment. Through this, the providers of healthcare can be able to give the appropriate information regarding cervical cancer to eliminate the various barriers, including fear, stigma and the issue of resources in cases where the patient has financial problems barring her from receiving treatment. Awareness campaigns should also be launched across the country to eliminate the stigma and fear by educating the women on the importance of early diagnosis in the treatment and management of cervical cancer.

Expected outcomes

The outcomes that are expected from the initiation of the proposal is that there will be an increase in the number of women going for cervical cancer screening exercises without fear. Another outcome is that the patients getting treatment of cancer will face less stigma as most of the public will have understood the problem and be more supportive. Another finding that is expected is with the rise in the number of patients willing to get screened for cervical cancer, the governments of the affected countries may provide the necessary financial resources and support to make the screening process more efficient. The availability of resources and the patients having sufficient knowledge of screening, diagnosis, treatment, and follow up care will improve public health and enhance the outcomes of care.

References

Bateman, L. B., Blakemore, S., Koneru, A., Mtesigwa, T., McCree, R., Lisovicz, N. F., ... & Jolly, P. E. (2019). Barriers and Facilitators to Cervical Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, Follow-Up Care, and Treatment: Perspectives of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Women and Health Care Practitioners in Tanzania. The oncologist, 24(1), 69-75.

Krok-Schoen, J. L., Oliveri, J. M., & Paskett, E. D. (2016). Cancer care delivery and women's health: the role of patient navigation. Frontiers in oncology, 6, 2.