Organization: UCBA – CEUPA Belgian Umbrella Organisation for Professional Associations of Audiologists and Hearing Aid Professionals
Title: Identifying, discussing and addressing hearing loss as a general practitioner and primary care provider “Campaign Belgian National Health Insurance”
Al title (for format and translation – not permanent:
Identifying, discussing, and addressing hearing loss as a general practitioner and primary care provider “Campaign Belgian National Health Insurance”
Description:
As a general practitioner or first line health worker, you are an important link in recognizing and addressing hearing loss.
You can recognize and identify hearing loss during your communication with the patient. In addition, you can encourage patients with hearing loss to discuss their hearing problem with you so that you can anticipate the possible negative consequences of untreated hearing loss on your patient’s health and quality of life.
This campaign by the Belgian National Health Insurance provides a flow-chart, a step by step plan, to support general practitioners or first line health workers, to facilitate and promote this action.
The step-by-step plan for GPs when hearing loss is suspected
The potential negative consequences of untreated hearing loss
The Adult Hearing Screening Questionnaire
The hear-WHO speech-in-noise screening self-test
Further information
You can find the campaign here:
General Practitioners Dutch:
https://www.riziv.fgov.be/nl/professionals/individuele-zorgverleners/artsen/verstrekkingen-door-artsen/gehoorverlies-benoemen-bespreken-en-aanpakken-als-huisarts
General Practitioners French:
https://www.inami.fgov.be/fr/professionnels/professionnels-de-la-sante/medecins/soins-par-le-medecin/identifier-discuter-et-prendre-en-charge-la-perte-auditive-en-tant-que-medecin-generaliste
First line health workers Dutch:
https://www.riziv.fgov.be/nl/professionals/individuele-zorgverleners/artsen/verstrekkingen-door-artsen/gehoorverlies-benoemen-bespreken-en-aanpakken-als-eerstelijnszorgverlener
First line health workers French:
https://www.inami.fgov.be/fr/professionnels/professionnels-de-la-sante/medecins/soins-par-le-medecin/identifier-discuter-et-prendre-en-charge-la-perte-auditive-en-tant-que-dispensateur-de-soins-de-premiere-ligne
Primary site: EUR – Belgium
Region: EUR
General Photos
Flux General Practitioner French
Flowchart General Practitioners Dutch
Flux First Line Health Workers French
Flowchart First Line Health Workers Dutch
Types of Engagement:
Live event: No
Screening: Yes
Traditional media: Yes
Social media: Yes
Special needs populations: persons with disabilities (including hearing loss), older adults
Met with individual policymaker: No
Participation of policy makers: Yes
Participation of influencers: Yes
WHO technical tool used: Yes
WHO educational and social media used: Yes