Table 5 Number and percent of country SOP documents containing tasks mapped to WHO practice activities and 3 sub-categories
WHO practice activities | Number (%) of Country SOPs with WHO practice activity |
|---|---|
Individual health | |
1. Gathering information through interviewing, examination and assessment | 1 (88%) |
2.Formulating a judgement following a clinical encounter | 25 (100%) |
3.Managing conversations with individuals and their families | 21 (84%) |
4.Advocacy for individual health needs | 18 (72%) |
5.Providing information and support to impact individual health behaviours | 21 (84%) |
6.Gaining informed consent | 9 (36%) |
7.Ordering, administering and interpreting the results of diagnostic and screening procedures | 22 (92%) |
8.Developing and adjusting a management plan | 21 (84%) |
9.Prescribing medications or therapeutics | 10 (44%) |
10.Preparing and dispensing medications or therapeutics | 2 (12%) |
11.Administering medications or therapeutics | 14 (56%) |
12.Selecting assistive products | 3 (12%) |
13.Providing assistive products | 6 (24%) |
14.Providing non-pharmacological health interventions | 25 (100%) |
15.Providing treatment and care support to individuals | 23 (92%) |
15a. Providing for an individual Emergency Response | 25 (100%) |
16.Managing end-of-life and bereavement care | 0 (0%) |
16a. Providing a death declaration | 3 (12%) |
16b. Managing hospice care | 1 (0%) |
17.Reporting notifiable diseases, conditions or events | 6 (24%) |
18.Providing or receiving a clinical presentation | 19 (80%) |
19.Moving and transporting individuals | 4 (12%) |
20.Coordinating transfer to another care environment | 15 (60%) |
Population health | |
21.Assessing community health needs | 11 (40%) |
22.Planning and delivering community health programmes | 12 (48%) |
23.Managing public health communication | 5 (20%) |
24.Developing preparedness for health emergencies and disasters, including disease outbreaks | 6 (24%) |
25.Responding to health emergencies and disasters, including disease outbreaks | 7 (32%) |
26.Advocacy for community health needs | 7 (28%) |
Management and organization | |
27.Accessing and documenting information | 22 (92%) |
28.Registering individuals for health services | 4 (16%) |
29.Delivering quality improvement activities | 15 (64%) |
30.Providing workplace-based learning and supervision | 13 (52%) |
31.Managing human resources | 8 (36%) |
32.Managing financial resources | 7 (28%) |
33.Managing physical resources | 14 (56%) |
34.Participating in evaluation and research | 16 (64%) |
35.Developing policies and protocols | 2 (8%) |