Rosende Andres, DiPette Donald, Brettler Jeffrey, Rodríguez Gonzalo, Zuniga Eric, Connell Kenneth, Ordunez Pedro
Pan American Health Organization Washington, D.C. United States of America Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C., United States of America.
University of South Carolina Columbia United States of America University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States of America.
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2022 Sep 2;46:e125. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2022.125. eCollection 2022.
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the Region of the Americas, and hypertension represents its main risk factor. However, population hypertension control rates in the Region are poor. Global Hearts is the World Health Organization's flagship initiative to reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases. HEARTS in the Americas Initiative is its regional adaptation that seeks to be the cardiovascular disease risk management model, including hypertension and diabetes, in primary health care throughout the Americas by 2025. HEARTS in the Americas is being implemented in 22 countries and over 2 095 primary care centers. All implementing countries have defined their treatment protocols, and HEARTS in the Americas has supported continuous improvement. Because WHO recently released the 2021 Guideline for the Pharmacological Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and HEARTS in the Americas introduced the key drivers for hypertension control, the initiative generated a methodology to help countries update and strengthen their treatment protocols. This article describes the process of developing the treatment protocol appraisal checklist and defines the resulting clinical pathway. This tool can help countries and primary care centers to improve their protocols by identifying the improvement points and upgrading clinical pathways.
心血管疾病是美洲地区死亡和发病的主要原因,高血压是其主要风险因素。然而,该地区的人群高血压控制率很低。“全球心脏”是世界卫生组织减轻心血管疾病负担的旗舰倡议。“美洲心脏”倡议是其区域适应性举措,旨在到2025年成为美洲地区初级卫生保健中包括高血压和糖尿病在内的心血管疾病风险管理模式。“美洲心脏”倡议正在22个国家和2095多个初级保健中心实施。所有实施国家都已确定了其治疗方案,“美洲心脏”倡议支持持续改进。由于世界卫生组织最近发布了《2021年成人高血压药物治疗指南》,且“美洲心脏”倡议引入了高血压控制的关键驱动因素,该倡议产生了一种方法,以帮助各国更新和加强其治疗方案。本文描述了制定治疗方案评估清单的过程,并定义了由此产生的临床路径。该工具可帮助各国和初级保健中心通过确定改进点和升级临床路径来改进其方案。