Successful EquityCancer-LA international seminar on access to cancer diagnosis in Chile
On 23 April, the School of Public Health at the University of Chile, the Southern Metropolitan Health Service and the Consorci de Salut i Social de Catalunya, the international seminar “Improving access to cancer diagnosis in health service networks: research and participatory interventions in Colombia, Chile and Ecuador”, held at the University of Chile with the aim of presenting preliminary results of the interventions carried out within the framework of EquityCancer-LA.
The seminar was aimed at managers, middle management and healthcare professionals from interested healthcare service networks, especially from the Metropolitan North and South networks participating in the study. Representatives from PAHO in Chile, the Ministry of Health and health service managers also attended. Nearly one hundred participants —including healthcare professionals, managers, policymakers, academics and researchers— had the opportunity to learn first-hand about the project’s starting point and the experiences developed in the participating countries, particularly in Chile.
The programme was structured around three panels. In the first panel, M. Luisa Vázquez and Ingrid Vargas (Consorci de Salut i Social de Catalunya) and María Rubio-Varela (Fundació Sant Joan de Déu) presented the study and the results of the analysis of diagnostic delays, associated factors and costs. Amparo Mogollón (Universidad del Rosario) and Ana Lucía Torres (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador) then described the participatory interventions implemented in their respective countries.
The second and third panels focused on the results of the intervention in Chile. M. Luisa Garmendia (University of Chile) analysed cancer diagnostic delays and their improvement according to preliminary post-intervention findings, while Pamela Eguiguren (Institute of Public Health, University of Chile) presented the strategy developed to improve early diagnosis within the North Metropolitan Health Service. Finally, Glasfira Leyton (Hospital San José) and María Alejandra Cura (National Cancer Institute) presented the inter-level training programme aimed at primary care professionals, while Isabel Abarca (National Cancer Institute) discussed improvements in knowledge and coordination according to the evaluation conducted with participating physicians.
The seminar concluded with a discussion on lessons learned and future perspectives led by Giovanni Escalante (PAHO/WHO in Chile), Elisa Llach (Ministry of Health of Chile), Gloria Stephens (South Metropolitan Health Service) and Erik Poblete (North Metropolitan Health Service), moderated by Lorena Rodríguez (School of Public Health, University of Chile). Participants highlighted the relevance and transferability of the interventions and their potential to be adapted to other contexts.
You can find the seminar programme at the end of this article.
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