How do Health Care Professionals Change the Recognition of Relationships and Problems Among Them Through Dialogue? Qualitative Descriptive Research Exploring the Process of Home Health Care Promotion in Areas Where Medical Resources are Insufficient Using the Theoretical Framework of Complexity
10.14442/generalist.42.103
- VernacularTitle:保健医療福祉専門職の関係性や問題の認識は対話を通じてどう変わっていくのか？：複雑性の理論的枠組みを用いた医療過疎地の在宅医療推進プロセスを探索する質的記述的研究
- Author:
Takahiro HOSOI
;
Naoto SAKAMOTO
;
Junji HARUTA
;
Tetsuhiro MAENO
- Keywords:
interprofessional collaboration;
home care services;
integrated care systems;
complexity
- From:An Official Journal of the Japan Primary Care Association
2019;42(2):103-109
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Introduction: The Japanese government implemented a community-based integrated care system that provides community healthcare resources for elderly people focusing on home health care in particular. To achieve this, interprofessional teams in the community need to function seamlessly. Thus, we explored the process by which healthcare professionals change their recognition of the relationships and problems among them through the dialogue of home health care promotion.Methods: We held the World Cafe to discuss with healthcare professionals about home health care in a city in Ibaraki Prefecture. All dialogues were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using thematic analysis.Results: Although healthcare professionals had strongly recognized the hierarchical relationship, they deepened their mutual understanding by sharing their background and values. While sharing the hope to make equitable relationships, they changed their recognition as follows: home health care was not "someone else's problem" but "their own problem" and "their own community's problem".Conclusion: It is necessary for healthcare professionals to share issues and explore methods to solve them in the community, and to change the relationships among stakeholders because problems related to home health care promotion are complex. This study clarified that healthcare professionals are motivated to seek solutions to problems proactively via their relationships in interprofessional teams in the community.
