‘Wala kaming alam sa stroke care’ (we don’t know anything about stroke care): experiences of care providers delivering stroke rehabilitation care in the Philippines
Fiona Leggat, Sarah Ann Buckingham, Aira Patrice Rueda Ong, Bridie Kent, Nena Marie Santos, Annah Teves, Vergil Boac, Paula Melizza Valera, Elda Anota, Maria Mercedes Barba, Myrna Estrada, Neil Bryan Pita, Alyssa Dar Juan, Lorraine Faeldon, Fiona Jones · 2026
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Fiona Leggat and colleagues listened to the Filipino health workers who carry stroke care outside big hospitals. Their qualitative study appeared in Global Health Action in 2026. Seventeen providers, professional and volunteer, across five regions were interviewed in mid 2024 for the TULAY stroke project. The title quotes one participant's blunt summary: we don't know anything about stroke care. Rehabilitation, the team heard, is where the system thins out most.
Three themes organized the accounts. Services and rehabilitation are distributed inequitably, leaving provinces far behind the capital. Barriers stack at every level, from family costs to workforce gaps and fragmented referrals. Providers also named what they want: training, local programs, and support built with survivors rather than for them. Because the Philippines devolves health decisions locally, the authors favor community-rooted plans over one national template. Local design, they argue, is not a compromise but the mechanism.
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| CREATOR | Fiona Leggat, Sarah Ann Buckingham, Aira Patrice Rueda Ong, Bridie Kent, Nena Marie Santos, Annah Teves, Vergil Boac, Paula Melizza Valera, Elda Anota, Maria Mercedes Barba, Myrna Estrada, Neil Bryan Pita, Alyssa Dar Juan, Lorraine Faeldon, Fiona Jones |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |