The contribution of family physicians to residential mental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tshwane District, South Africa

During the start of the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, two family physicians in Tshwane, South Africa, reviewed the people at high-risk within their Health Catchment Area. The largest residential mental health care facility in Gauteng fell under their care, and they...

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Autores principales: Kruger, Annelet, Eales, Owen O., van Vuuren, Sanet Jansen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8335769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34342476
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v13i1.3045
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description During the start of the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, two family physicians in Tshwane, South Africa, reviewed the people at high-risk within their Health Catchment Area. The largest residential mental health care facility in Gauteng fell under their care, and they were responsible for providing care and support to this facility. Family physicians have to lead the primary care team and simultaneously take care of the well-being of their team members. This report discusses how these family physicians used digital platforms and virtual care to successfully coordinate and manage the response to an outbreak of COVID-19 at this mental healthcare facility.
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spelling pubmed-83357692021-08-09 The contribution of family physicians to residential mental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tshwane District, South Africa Kruger, Annelet Eales, Owen O. van Vuuren, Sanet Jansen Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med Short Report During the start of the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, two family physicians in Tshwane, South Africa, reviewed the people at high-risk within their Health Catchment Area. The largest residential mental health care facility in Gauteng fell under their care, and they were responsible for providing care and support to this facility. Family physicians have to lead the primary care team and simultaneously take care of the well-being of their team members. This report discusses how these family physicians used digital platforms and virtual care to successfully coordinate and manage the response to an outbreak of COVID-19 at this mental healthcare facility. AOSIS 2021-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8335769/ /pubmed/34342476 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v13i1.3045 Text en © 2021. The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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