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Title: | Establishing a novel partnership model to deploy health services for children with autism in a low-resource setting – experience from Sri Lanka |
Authors: | Sivayokan, B. Sivayokan, S. Kumanan, T. Sathiadas, G. Sreeharan, N. |
Keywords: | Autism;Low resource setting;Viewpoint;Sri Lanka |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd |
Abstract: | Sri Lanka is representative of challenges faced by low-income and middle-income countries, including the rise in the prevalence of autism and the lack of sufficient autism-specific services in the state sectors. The experience in establishing a Center to provide services for children with autism in Northern Sri Lanka is described. Funding and resourcing were accessed through an innovative partnership-based public/non-governmental organisation/charity model, where service-based outcomes were the main objectives. This model, incorporating state institutions, local and international charity organisations, and volunteers, devised a bespoke approach to care provision using the available resources under the clinical supervision of a consultant psychiatrist and the administrative purview of the Regional Director of Health Services. The evolution of this Center into a Learning Health System is described, reflecting how a minimalistic partnership approach focused on the integration of existing organisations and services could be a feasible model for the delivery of high-quality healthcare in low-resource settings. |
URI: | http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/9619 |
Appears in Collections: | Medicine |
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