Sveikatos politikos įgyvendinimas Baltijos šalyse: onkologinių ligų prevencijos prgramos ; Implementation of health policy in Baltic states: the programs on oncological diseases prevention
The Baltic States began implementation of the oncologic disease prevention programs aimed at reducing the oncologic disease-related mortality. Several problems were encountered in the course of implementation of the prevention programs. Aim of the Thesis: to make an analysis of the problems encountered in the course of implementation of the oncologic disease prevention programs. Objectives of the Thesis: to reveal the meaning and effectiveness of the oncologic disease prevention programs and to describe the disease control measures in the context of the public health policy; to make an analysis of the current situation in the field of implementation of the oncologic disease prevention programs; to discover the problems encountered in the course of implementation of the oncologic disease prevention programs in Kaunas, Vilnius, Kėdainiai and Raseiniai Cities. In the first part of the Thesis, the health care policy concept was analysed and the fact that the treatment of the specific diseases was getting more attention in the sector of health care than the public health measures, i.e. prevention, allowing early detection of the diseases or removal of their causes. Many problems, such as the high rates of morbidity, mortality, expensive treatment, and etc. were encountered due this fact. We found out that the main problem impeding implementation of the oncologic disease prevention programs was low funding of the oncologic disease prevention programs. However, the finances needed for the treatment of the diseases not always were sufficient; therefore, not every patient was receiving the high quality, innovative and timely services. Other important problems were arising due to the low funding as well, for example: scarce information about the prevention programs, low rate of participation in the prevention programs, and overemphasis on the treatment over prevention. In the second part of the Thesis, the current situation in the field of administration of the oncologic disease prevention programs in the Baltic States was analysed. The effectiveness of the prevention programs differed in the states of Lithuania and Latvia. Aim of the Thesis: to make an analysis of the problems encountered in the course of implementation of the oncologic disease prevention programs