Christy-Joy Ras
Biographic Data
| ID | 9076925 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christy-Joy Ras |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christy-Joy |
| FAMILY NAME | Ras |
| SIGNATURE | RAS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2001-172X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
From face-to-face to e-learning
Reliance on purely face-to-face in-service training for primary healthcare workers in low- and middle-income countries is increasingly unsustainable. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the transition of the University of Cape Town Knowledge Translation Unit’s Practical Approach to Care Kit programme from a facility-based cascade model to online and blended learning formats. This paper analyses the implementation of this transition across 29 course…
Supporting a rapid primary care response to emergent communicable disease threats with Pack (Practical Approach to Care Kit) in Florianópolis, Brazil
Emerging infectious diseases present a significant challenge to healthcare systems with their need for a rapid response and reallocation of resources. This paper explores the implementation of the Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK) programme in Florianópolis, Brazil as a strategic tool for reinforcing primary healthcare (PHC) responses to emergent communicable diseases. With its focus on enhancing PHC delivery in resource-limited settings, PAC…
Ethiopian primary healthcare clinical guidelines 5 years on—processes and lessons learnt from scaling up a primary healthcare initiative
Many effective health system innovations fail to reach those who need them most, falling short of the goal of universal health coverage. In the 5 years since the Federal Ministry of Health in Ethiopia localised the Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK) programme to support primary care reforms, PACK has been scaled-up to over 90% of the country’s primary care health centres. Known as the Ethiopian Primary Healthcare Clinical Guideline (EPHCG), th…
Strengthening integrated depression services within routine primary health care using the RE-AIM framework in South Africa
Integration of mental health into routine primary health care (PHC) services in low-and middle-income countries is globally accepted to improve health outcomes of other conditions and narrow the mental health treatment gap. Yet implementation remains a challenge. The aim of this study was to identify implementation strategies that improve implementation outcomes of an evidence-based depression care collaborative implementation model integrated wi…
Applying learning health systems thinking in codeveloping integrated tuberculosis interventions in the contexts of Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic reversed much of global progress made in combatting tuberculosis, with South Africa experiencing one of the largest impacts on tuberculosis detection. The aim of this paper is to share our experiences in applying learning health systems (LHS) thinking to the codevelopment of an intervention improving an integrated response to COVID-19 and tuberculosis in a South African district. A sequential partially mixed-methods study wa…
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Applying learning health systems thinking in codeveloping integrated tuberculosis interventions in the contexts of Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic reversed much of global progress made in combatting tuberculosis, with South Africa experiencing one of the largest impacts on tuberculosis detection. The aim of this paper is to share our experiences in applying learning health systems (LHS) thinking to the codevelopment of an intervention improving an integrated response to COVID-19 and tuberculosis in a South African district. A sequential partially mixed-methods study wa…
Strengthening integrated depression services within routine primary health care using the RE-AIM framework in South Africa
Integration of mental health into routine primary health care (PHC) services in low-and middle-income countries is globally accepted to improve health outcomes of other conditions and narrow the mental health treatment gap. Yet implementation remains a challenge. The aim of this study was to identify implementation strategies that improve implementation outcomes of an evidence-based depression care collaborative implementation model integrated wi…
Supporting a rapid primary care response to emergent communicable disease threats with Pack (Practical Approach to Care Kit) in Florianópolis, Brazil
Emerging infectious diseases present a significant challenge to healthcare systems with their need for a rapid response and reallocation of resources. This paper explores the implementation of the Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK) programme in Florianópolis, Brazil as a strategic tool for reinforcing primary healthcare (PHC) responses to emergent communicable diseases. With its focus on enhancing PHC delivery in resource-limited settings, PAC…
Ethiopian primary healthcare clinical guidelines 5 years on—processes and lessons learnt from scaling up a primary healthcare initiative
Many effective health system innovations fail to reach those who need them most, falling short of the goal of universal health coverage. In the 5 years since the Federal Ministry of Health in Ethiopia localised the Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK) programme to support primary care reforms, PACK has been scaled-up to over 90% of the country’s primary care health centres. Known as the Ethiopian Primary Healthcare Clinical Guideline (EPHCG), th…
From face-to-face to e-learning
Reliance on purely face-to-face in-service training for primary healthcare workers in low- and middle-income countries is increasingly unsustainable. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the transition of the University of Cape Town Knowledge Translation Unit’s Practical Approach to Care Kit programme from a facility-based cascade model to online and blended learning formats. This paper analyses the implementation of this transition across 29 course…
Business (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (2 works) · Psychological intervention (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (2 works)