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Perceived Roles and Barriers in Delivering Community-Based Care: A Qualitative Study of Health and Social Care Professionals

INTRODUCTION: As healthcare systems increasingly embrace population health management, the integration of health and social care to improve the health and well-being of individuals is crucial. Thus, we conducted a qualitative study in Singapore to understand health and social care professionals’ (HC...

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Autores principales: Ge, Lixia, Yip, Wan Fen, Yan, Andy Ho Hau, Seng, Eric Chua Siang, Pei, Christina Chieh Pann, Onn, Ian Leong Yi, Yiwen, Evon Chua, Tham, Sinma, Moon-Ho, Ringo Ho, Tan, Woan Shin
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Publicado: Ubiquity Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10591202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37877112
http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.7617
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author Ge, Lixia
Yip, Wan Fen
Yan, Andy Ho Hau
Seng, Eric Chua Siang
Pei, Christina Chieh Pann
Onn, Ian Leong Yi
Yiwen, Evon Chua
Tham, Sinma
Moon-Ho, Ringo Ho
Tan, Woan Shin
author_facet Ge, Lixia
Yip, Wan Fen
Yan, Andy Ho Hau
Seng, Eric Chua Siang
Pei, Christina Chieh Pann
Onn, Ian Leong Yi
Yiwen, Evon Chua
Tham, Sinma
Moon-Ho, Ringo Ho
Tan, Woan Shin
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description INTRODUCTION: As healthcare systems increasingly embrace population health management, the integration of health and social care to improve the health and well-being of individuals is crucial. Thus, we conducted a qualitative study in Singapore to understand health and social care professionals’ (HCPs and SCPs) perception of the roles they played in delivering community-based care. METHODS: A descriptive phenomenological research design was adopted. HCPs and SCPs (n = 53) providing services in community settings were recruited purposefully and interviewed through eleven focus group discussions. Each session was recorded and transcribed. Thematic analysis was applied. RESULTS: Our results revealed eight themes in three main categories describing the roles played by HCPs and SCPs, including: (1) delivering needs-based care in community settings; (2) activating and empowering clients in health care, and (3) fostering community-based sustainable support networks. Six barriers encountered while performing these roles were also identified. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Our results highlight that the roles of HCPs and SCPs go beyond the provision of direct medical and social care. They were involved in activating and empowering clients to take care of their health, and importantly, fostering community-based sustainable support networks to better empower individuals in coping with health challenges. The identified barriers shed light on areas for potential improvements for integrated community care.
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spelling pubmed-105912022023-10-24 Perceived Roles and Barriers in Delivering Community-Based Care: A Qualitative Study of Health and Social Care Professionals Ge, Lixia Yip, Wan Fen Yan, Andy Ho Hau Seng, Eric Chua Siang Pei, Christina Chieh Pann Onn, Ian Leong Yi Yiwen, Evon Chua Tham, Sinma Moon-Ho, Ringo Ho Tan, Woan Shin Int J Integr Care Research and Theory INTRODUCTION: As healthcare systems increasingly embrace population health management, the integration of health and social care to improve the health and well-being of individuals is crucial. Thus, we conducted a qualitative study in Singapore to understand health and social care professionals’ (HCPs and SCPs) perception of the roles they played in delivering community-based care. METHODS: A descriptive phenomenological research design was adopted. HCPs and SCPs (n = 53) providing services in community settings were recruited purposefully and interviewed through eleven focus group discussions. Each session was recorded and transcribed. Thematic analysis was applied. RESULTS: Our results revealed eight themes in three main categories describing the roles played by HCPs and SCPs, including: (1) delivering needs-based care in community settings; (2) activating and empowering clients in health care, and (3) fostering community-based sustainable support networks. Six barriers encountered while performing these roles were also identified. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Our results highlight that the roles of HCPs and SCPs go beyond the provision of direct medical and social care. They were involved in activating and empowering clients to take care of their health, and importantly, fostering community-based sustainable support networks to better empower individuals in coping with health challenges. The identified barriers shed light on areas for potential improvements for integrated community care. Ubiquity Press 2023-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10591202/ /pubmed/37877112 http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.7617 Text en Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
spellingShingle Research and Theory
Ge, Lixia
Yip, Wan Fen
Yan, Andy Ho Hau
Seng, Eric Chua Siang
Pei, Christina Chieh Pann
Onn, Ian Leong Yi
Yiwen, Evon Chua
Tham, Sinma
Moon-Ho, Ringo Ho
Tan, Woan Shin
Perceived Roles and Barriers in Delivering Community-Based Care: A Qualitative Study of Health and Social Care Professionals
title Perceived Roles and Barriers in Delivering Community-Based Care: A Qualitative Study of Health and Social Care Professionals
title_full Perceived Roles and Barriers in Delivering Community-Based Care: A Qualitative Study of Health and Social Care Professionals
title_fullStr Perceived Roles and Barriers in Delivering Community-Based Care: A Qualitative Study of Health and Social Care Professionals
title_full_unstemmed Perceived Roles and Barriers in Delivering Community-Based Care: A Qualitative Study of Health and Social Care Professionals
title_short Perceived Roles and Barriers in Delivering Community-Based Care: A Qualitative Study of Health and Social Care Professionals
title_sort perceived roles and barriers in delivering community-based care: a qualitative study of health and social care professionals
topic Research and Theory
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10591202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37877112
http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.7617
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