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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Glob Heart. 2019 Jun;14(2):181–189. doi: 10.1016/j.gheart.2019.05.002

Table 4.

Recommendations during stakeholder workshop and impact on the needs assessment plan

Recommendations Response Impact on
1. Assess the needs of CVD prevention and management at provincial level Planned to stratify the data collection and analysis by the province Design
2. Explore the prescription and availability of generic drugs as an option to lower drug cost Added the metrics to assess the availability of generic drugs; and added questions in the key informant interview guide to explore the use of generic drugs Design
3. Explore the challenges of implementing PEN package in terms of access to medicine and referral mechanism Added a theme to explore barriers of PEN implementation Design
4. Assess the availability of lifestyle modification programs at different levels of the health care system. Added a theme to assess the availability and functioning of lifestyle modification programs Design
5. Explore the referral mechanism to treat CVD complication Added a theme to assess the availability and functioning of lifestyle modification programs Design
6. Explore task shifting of CVD care and management from physicians to other health professionals Added a theme to explore the perception, facilitators and barriers to task-shifting of CVD and hypertension patient care to paramedics. Design
7. Asses the current role of non-licensed providers (quacks) in treating hypertension and diabetes. Added quacks as one of the key informants to explore their role in hypertension and diabetes management in the community. Design
8. Assess urban rural disparity in access to health care Added urban rural disparity assessment in data analysis plan Design
9. Assess knowledge regarding the availability and cost of health services among CVD patients. Added a theme to explore health literacy among CVD patients Design
10. Obtain health financing data from Social Health Security Section of Department of Health Services (DOHS) Added the Social Health Security Section as a data source on health financing. Design
11. Communicate the assessment findings with policy makers in short reports. Added preparing and presenting research and policy briefs in the dissemination plan. Dissemination
12. Disseminate the assessment findings to public using multiple portals Added plan to disseminate the findings in the general meetings of social clubs and annual review meetings of the department of health services Dissemination
13. Facilitate the use of assessment results by CVD translational fellows and other researchers Planned to make the data and results available to the translational research fellows for further analysis Stakeholder engagement
14. Add the department of health services (DoHS) and Department of health policy and planning (DoHPP) in the research team Invited the representatives of DoHS and DoHPP in the task force Stakeholder engagement
15. Involve National Health Training Center (NHTC) in the assessment process Added NHTC on stakeholder roster and planned to invite them to subsequent meetings Stakeholder engagement
16. Involve nutritionists and dieticians in the assessment process Added a nutritionist on stakeholder and planned to invite them to subsequent meetings Stakeholder engagement