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Overview
Because of the lack of guidance on proper adaptation and implementation of evidence-based interventions, as well as limited training opportunities in improvement science, the global adoption and monitoring of practice improvement interventions is generally poor.
This improvement science project aims to create a harmonized pathway for developing and implementing St. Jude Global Packages in order to accelerate the generation of local and global practice-based evidence on topics of interest and improve the quality of care delivered to children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases globally.
The Packages team leverages partnerships and collaborations emerging from St. Jude Global and the St. Jude Global Alliance to co-design, implement and monitor these practice-based interventions.
St. Jude Global Packages are a key component of the SJCARES toolkit.
The initial taxonomy describes practice improvement projects in three broad categories:
- Dissemination (Guidance Packages)
- Quality improvement (Change Packages)
- Implementation (Implementation Packages)
St. Jude Global faculty and staff have conceptualized St. Jude Global Packages as technically sound practice improvement interventions with cumulative multisite experience and a measurement strategy. Additionally, they have initiated these interventions and collaboratively designed them with global partners to ensure global dissemination.
Our Team
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Paola Friedrich, MD, MPH
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Mexico Region, St. Jude Global
Paola Friedrich, MD, MPH
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Mexico Region, St. Jude Global
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Research Interests
- Omproving childhood cancer outcomes in low-and middle-income countries through focus on metrics, health systems, and priority-setting
- Developing resource-level tiered systems in global pediatric oncology, resembling the well-established neonatal intensive care and trauma center levels
- Determining the role of social determinants of health as drivers of outcome disparities between populations in order to identify and address them
- Optimizing treatment for children, adolescents and young adults with solid tumors
Contact Information
Paola Friedrich, MD, MPH
Global Pediatric Medicine
MS 721, Room L1600.15
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Miriam Gonzalez-Guzman, MD, MSc
Clinical Research Scientist II
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Short Biography
Miriam Gonzalez-Guzman, MD, MSc, is a pediatrician and native of El Salvador. She is a program coordinator with Metrics and Performance for St. Jude Global. She has a diverse academic record to include a master’s degree in Health Sciences from the University of Memphis.
At St. Jude, Dr. Gonzalez has been actively involved in improving the survival of children with cancer by designing and implementing infection control and educational quality improvement initiatives at international sites during the past 10 years. Currently, she is responsible for and participates in the planning, management and evaluation of the Global Metrics and Performance Unit projects implemented locally and at St. Jude Global international sites.
She has been particularly focused on the validation and implementation of the St. Jude Global Pediatric Oncology Facility Integrated Local Evaluation (PrOFILE) tool. Her research interests include the identification of metrics and organizational readiness factors that promote success during the implementation of evidence-based interventions in pediatric cancer centers in developing countries.
Contact Information
Miriam Gonzalez-Guzman, MD, MSc
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
