Period: 2014-2015

Researchers

Adolfo Rubinstein, Andrea Beratarrechea, Vilma Irazola, Mariana Seijo for Argentina. Carla Castillo Laborde for Chile. Giselle Tomasso and Mercedes Colomar for Uruguay.

Brief

The purpose of this project is to stimulate action at the national level to reduce Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) through the development of a dashboard with indicators to measure the initiatives that countries are carrying out to reduce chronic diseases.

Objectives

The objectives of the project are: Develop a valid dashboard with a set of indicators, reproducible, repeatable and widely accepted to measure the strategies that have been implemented in the country for the prevention and control of NCDs, Test the dashboard in 22 countries, Disseminate the results along with evidence-based advice containing priority actions so that the country can reduce the burden of NCDs, Evaluate the impact of the dashboard and develop a proposal on its refinement and application worldwide

Summary

The Scorecard project is a collective effort of eleven Centers of Excellence that have received support from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the United Health Group and the C3 Collaboration for Health Project. This project will facilitate monitoring the progress that participating countries are making with respect to the prevention and control of NCDs through the results obtained according to the data obtained from the dashboards.

Results. The indicators were analyzed and reports were made for Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. The results for Argentina showed high progress in governance issues, moderate progress in Risk Factors and NCD Control,
High progress in NCD Surveillance and research and high progress in the response of health systems to NCD risk factors. The results for Chile showed high progress in governance issues, moderate progress in Risk Factors and NCD Control,
moderate progress in NCD Surveillance and research and very high progress in the response of health systems to NCD risk factors. The results for Uruguay showed low progress in governance issues, low progress in Risk Factors and NCD Control,
moderate progress in NCD Surveillance and research and very high progress in the response of health systems to NCD risk factors.

Type of study

To carry out this project, a dashboard was developed which contained a set of indicators in which the percentage of compliance was requested in the following topics: Governance, Risk factors and Control of NCDs, Surveillance and research on NCDs and response of health systems to the risk factors of NCDs. For the test phase, 22 countries were included, in which key informants were selected: Government, Academic Sector, Private Institutions, Civil Society and the media, taking into account their political, legal, and strategic importance.

Financing: United health group