Engelsk titel: Challenges in interdisciplinary collaboration in community health care - a focus group study and
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Författare:
Moe, Siri
;
Hamran, Torunn
Email: Siri.moe@uit.no
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 20
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 14113795
Sammanfattning
Background: Due to health policy reform the community health care system faces new demands
regarding interdisciplinary cooperation, active care and self-reliance. The aim of this study was to
explore how physiotherapists and home care professionals look upon their responsibilities and their
tasks related to the physical functioning of the users of home care services.
Methods: Twenty-two professional health care workers attended seven focus group interviews
regarding professional practice, cooperation and organization of services.
Results: Interdisciplinary work was restrained both by professional traditions and the organizing of
community health care services. Identification of rehabilitation requirements of users of home care
services were found wanting. Meeting points for professional discussions and transference of
knowledge were random and depended upon individuals. The home care professionals lacked
competence in activating care.
Conclusions: The community health care services towards home care users were not in line with
public policy recommendations and appeared to a large extent as arbitrary and uncoordinated. The
findings emphasize the need to identify the home care users’ potential of physical functioning and to
develop a systematic interdisciplinary cooperation between physiotherapists and other health care
professionals to increase the focus upon physical functioning and to improve the quality of services.