The project aims to strengthen diabetes prevention, early detection and care through implementation of the 'microclinic model' at the primary level of the public health system in Mexico, targeting vulnerable communities in the State of Puebla.
The Microclinic Social Network Program (MSNP) is founded on the assumption that people living with diabetes influence, and are influenced by the way, their network of family members and friends eat, exercise, monitor their disease, and adhere to medication.Recent research highlights the power of human social network interactions, as a key to effective and sustained behavioural interventions and lifestyle modifications.Microclinic International (MCI) will work in collaboration with PAHO, the Mexican Ministry of Health, General Directorate for Health Promotion (MoH), and state and local health authorities in Puebla to train and support health personnel.The first objective is to integrate the Microclinic Social Network Program (MSNP) into the Mexican national System of Social Protection in Health, better known as ‘Seguro Popular’ in the State of Puebla.The second objective is to train 27 health personnel to deliver the MSNP, reaching 5,000 families directly as well as 20,000 members of their social networks.The microclinic model will be implemented by the trained health care professionals at the involved clinics through enrolment of diabetes patients and family members or relatives. The tuition model for the targeted patient-relative units (‘micro-units’) focuses on diet, physical activity, glucose monitoring and adherence to medication.The third objective is to facilitate dissemination of lessons learned and best practices to other municipalities and states in Mexico as well as to other PAHO member countries in the region.
18 health centres at primary level fully equipped79 health care professionals trained4,949 ‘microclinics’ established through the Microclinic model 18,444 people from targeted communities reached via networksComprehensive monitoring framework implemented