Facilitators and Barriers in Collaborations Between Community Health Workers with Primary and Well-Being Providers in Primary Healthcare in Belgium
Hanne Apers, Caroline Masquillier · 2024
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Hanne Apers and Caroline Masquillier examine how community health workers team up with other services in Belgium, in a 2024 study. These workers bridge underserved neighborhoods and the formal health system. Their collaborations with care and welfare providers are essential, but the conditions for success were little documented.
The researchers collected collaboration records and interviewed fifteen workers and eighteen partners. Partners spanned healthcare, social services, government, and schools. Work together ranged from sharing knowledge and reaching the target group to supporting individual clients. Healthcare partnerships centered on individual referrals and ran mostly one way. Social partners joined more outreach and tackled broader social causes of ill health. Shared motivation and joint working methods helped collaborations thrive. Role confusion, internal procedures, and mismatched expectations got in the way. The authors recommend strong local partnerships, clear roles, and mutual trust.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hanne Apers, Caroline Masquillier |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |