Integration and delivery of palliative and supportive care.

2018 
97Background: Pediatric palliative care (PC) and end-of-life (EoL) planning and support for children, families, and providers are under-developed in Kenya. PC providers in Kenya want to build advocacy and teams to support children with life-threatening or limiting diseases and their families. Methods: KEHPCA in collaboration with UoN/KNH and US pediatric PC providers solicited applications from across the country to participate in a weeklong “train-the-trainer” workshop. The program was entirely devoted to pediatric PC and EoL care and is the “first-like” workshop to our knowledge. The program incorporated a variety of teaching and training tools that were used to support children, their families and caregivers suitable for the Kenyan setting. The cases of 7 children (7 mos. to 11 yrs) served as the focal point for training including extensive role-play scenarios. Results: The workshop convened 9-13th July 2018 in Nairobi. KEHPCA selected 31 providers from among 130 across Kenya to participate and include...
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