Health status and public health needs in a Togolese child health care centre modelled after the Dutch system
Background The charity foundation Association Soutien Enfants Togo started a child health care (CHC) centre in Togo that was modelled after the Dutch high-quality CHC system to improve child health.Aim To describe health care data of children who visited the centre.Subjects and methods Data were rou...
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| author | Paula van Dommelen Cécile Schat-Savy Arjan Huizing Symone Detmar Leonhard A. Bakker Paul H. Verkerk |
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| description | Background The charity foundation Association Soutien Enfants Togo started a child health care (CHC) centre in Togo that was modelled after the Dutch high-quality CHC system to improve child health.Aim To describe health care data of children who visited the centre.Subjects and methods Data were routinely collected between October 2010-July 2017. Outcomes were completed vaccinations, growth, development, lifestyle, physical examination, and laboratory testing results.Results In total, 8,809 children aged 0–24 years were available. Half (47.5%) of children aged 0–4 years did not receive all eligible free vaccinations from the government. The proportions of stunted children (all) or with a developmental delay (0–4 years) were 10.1% and 9.5%, respectively. In total, 40–50% of all children did not wash their hands with soap after toilet or before eating, or did not use clean drinking water. Furthermore, 5.1–6.6% had insufficient vision, high eye pressure or hearing loss. Sickle cell disease was detected in 5.3%.Conclusion A large group of children in need of prevention and early treatment were detected, informed and treated by the centre. Further research is needed to confirm if this strategy can improve children’s health in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our data are available for further research. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e8202c9a001e40fd9dff780b647414112024-12-26T09:21:16ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAnnals of Human Biology0301-44601464-50332024-12-0151110.1080/03014460.2024.2342529Health status and public health needs in a Togolese child health care centre modelled after the Dutch systemPaula van Dommelen0Cécile Schat-Savy1Arjan Huizing2Symone Detmar3Leonhard A. Bakker4Paul H. Verkerk5Department of Child Health, The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO, Leiden, The NetherlandsStichting Kinderhulp Togo, Zoetermeer, The NetherlandsDepartment of Child Health, The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO, Leiden, The NetherlandsDepartment of Child Health, The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO, Leiden, The NetherlandsDepartment of Child Health, The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO, Leiden, The NetherlandsDepartment of Child Health, The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO, Leiden, The NetherlandsBackground The charity foundation Association Soutien Enfants Togo started a child health care (CHC) centre in Togo that was modelled after the Dutch high-quality CHC system to improve child health.Aim To describe health care data of children who visited the centre.Subjects and methods Data were routinely collected between October 2010-July 2017. Outcomes were completed vaccinations, growth, development, lifestyle, physical examination, and laboratory testing results.Results In total, 8,809 children aged 0–24 years were available. Half (47.5%) of children aged 0–4 years did not receive all eligible free vaccinations from the government. The proportions of stunted children (all) or with a developmental delay (0–4 years) were 10.1% and 9.5%, respectively. In total, 40–50% of all children did not wash their hands with soap after toilet or before eating, or did not use clean drinking water. Furthermore, 5.1–6.6% had insufficient vision, high eye pressure or hearing loss. Sickle cell disease was detected in 5.3%.Conclusion A large group of children in need of prevention and early treatment were detected, informed and treated by the centre. Further research is needed to confirm if this strategy can improve children’s health in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our data are available for further research.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/03014460.2024.2342529Community child healthprimary carepublic health |
| spellingShingle | Paula van Dommelen Cécile Schat-Savy Arjan Huizing Symone Detmar Leonhard A. Bakker Paul H. Verkerk Health status and public health needs in a Togolese child health care centre modelled after the Dutch system Annals of Human Biology Community child health primary care public health |
| title | Health status and public health needs in a Togolese child health care centre modelled after the Dutch system |
| title_full | Health status and public health needs in a Togolese child health care centre modelled after the Dutch system |
| title_fullStr | Health status and public health needs in a Togolese child health care centre modelled after the Dutch system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Health status and public health needs in a Togolese child health care centre modelled after the Dutch system |
| title_short | Health status and public health needs in a Togolese child health care centre modelled after the Dutch system |
| title_sort | health status and public health needs in a togolese child health care centre modelled after the dutch system |
| topic | Community child health primary care public health |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/03014460.2024.2342529 |
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