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A social-healthcare pathway to facilitate return to work of cancer survivors in Italy: The UNAMANO project
BACKGROUND: Return to work (RTW) is a major goal to promote cancer survivors’ social participation. OBJECTIVE: This study describes the multidisciplinary social-healthcare pathway called UNAMANO, conceived to support RTW in this population. METHODS: UNAMANO was developed by the Azienda USL-IRCCS di...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8764592/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34842210 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/WOR-205249 |
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author | Paltrinieri, Sara Ricchi, Elena Mazzini, Elisa Cervi, Elena Sandri, Elisa Fugazzaro, Stefania Costi, Stefania |
author_facet | Paltrinieri, Sara Ricchi, Elena Mazzini, Elisa Cervi, Elena Sandri, Elisa Fugazzaro, Stefania Costi, Stefania |
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description | BACKGROUND: Return to work (RTW) is a major goal to promote cancer survivors’ social participation. OBJECTIVE: This study describes the multidisciplinary social-healthcare pathway called UNAMANO, conceived to support RTW in this population. METHODS: UNAMANO was developed by the Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, in partnership with the local branch of the Italian Medical Association, nonprofit associations, vocational training institutions, social cooperatives, a labour union, and a chartered accounting firm. RESULTS: UNAMANO is directed towards employed individuals diagnosed with cancer living in the province of RE. It was developed through four actions: A) training healthcare professionals on work-related occupational rehabilitation; B) dissemination among community and stakeholders; C) recruitment and training of volunteers; D) cancer survivor engagement and provision of a personalized comprehensive intervention. This consists in providing information and either occupational therapy to overcome barriers and facilitate RTW or social support through re-training and tailored job search strategies based on individual risk of job loss. CONCLUSIONS: UNAMANO is the first Italian multidisciplinary social-healthcare pathway supporting RTW of cancer survivors. Addressing a wide area of cancer survivors’ needs, it provides personalized intervention to resolve work-related issues. We propose this patient-centred RTW model to promote an easier transition from hospital to community. |
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spelling | pubmed-87645922022-02-04 A social-healthcare pathway to facilitate return to work of cancer survivors in Italy: The UNAMANO project Paltrinieri, Sara Ricchi, Elena Mazzini, Elisa Cervi, Elena Sandri, Elisa Fugazzaro, Stefania Costi, Stefania Work Research Article BACKGROUND: Return to work (RTW) is a major goal to promote cancer survivors’ social participation. OBJECTIVE: This study describes the multidisciplinary social-healthcare pathway called UNAMANO, conceived to support RTW in this population. METHODS: UNAMANO was developed by the Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, in partnership with the local branch of the Italian Medical Association, nonprofit associations, vocational training institutions, social cooperatives, a labour union, and a chartered accounting firm. RESULTS: UNAMANO is directed towards employed individuals diagnosed with cancer living in the province of RE. It was developed through four actions: A) training healthcare professionals on work-related occupational rehabilitation; B) dissemination among community and stakeholders; C) recruitment and training of volunteers; D) cancer survivor engagement and provision of a personalized comprehensive intervention. This consists in providing information and either occupational therapy to overcome barriers and facilitate RTW or social support through re-training and tailored job search strategies based on individual risk of job loss. CONCLUSIONS: UNAMANO is the first Italian multidisciplinary social-healthcare pathway supporting RTW of cancer survivors. Addressing a wide area of cancer survivors’ needs, it provides personalized intervention to resolve work-related issues. We propose this patient-centred RTW model to promote an easier transition from hospital to community. IOS Press 2021-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8764592/ /pubmed/34842210 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/WOR-205249 Text en © 2021 – The authors. Published by IOS Press https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Research Article Paltrinieri, Sara Ricchi, Elena Mazzini, Elisa Cervi, Elena Sandri, Elisa Fugazzaro, Stefania Costi, Stefania A social-healthcare pathway to facilitate return to work of cancer survivors in Italy: The UNAMANO project |
title | A social-healthcare pathway to facilitate return to work of cancer survivors in Italy: The UNAMANO project |
title_full | A social-healthcare pathway to facilitate return to work of cancer survivors in Italy: The UNAMANO project |
title_fullStr | A social-healthcare pathway to facilitate return to work of cancer survivors in Italy: The UNAMANO project |
title_full_unstemmed | A social-healthcare pathway to facilitate return to work of cancer survivors in Italy: The UNAMANO project |
title_short | A social-healthcare pathway to facilitate return to work of cancer survivors in Italy: The UNAMANO project |
title_sort | social-healthcare pathway to facilitate return to work of cancer survivors in italy: the unamano project |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8764592/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34842210 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/WOR-205249 |
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