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Alternative Title:
Prev Chronic Dis
Personal Author:
Mills, Susan L. ; Bergeron, Kim ; Pérez, Guillermina
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Description:
Introduction

Self-management support (SMS) is an essential component of public health approaches to chronic conditions. Given increasing concerns about health equity, the needs of diverse populations must be considered. This study examined potential solutions for addressing the gaps in self-management support initiatives for underserved populations.

Methods

Stakeholders representing government, nongovernment organizations, Aboriginal communities, health authorities, medical practices, and research institutions generated, sorted, and rated ideas on what could be done to improve self-management support for underserved populations. Concept mapping was used to facilitate the collection and organization of the data and to generate conceptual maps.

Results

Participants generated 92 ideas that were sorted into 11 clusters (foster partnerships, promote integrated community care, enhance health care provider training, shift government policy, support community development, increase community education, enable client engagement, incorporate client support systems, recognize client capacity, tailor self-management support programs, and develop client skills, training, and tools) and grouped into system, community, and individual levels within a partnership framework.

Conclusion

The strategy can stimulate public health dialogue and be a roadmap for developing SMS initiatives. It has the potential to address SMS and chronic condition inequities in underserved populations in several ways: 1) by targeting populations that have greater inequities, 2) by advocating for shifts in government policies that create and perpetuate inequities, 3) by promoting partnerships that may increase the number of SMS initiatives for underserved groups, and 4) by promoting training and engagement that increase the relevance, uptake, and overall effectiveness of SMS.


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Capacity Building Chronic Disease/prevention & Control Cluster Analysis Community Integration Concept Formation Decision Making, Organizational Feasibility Studies Health Promotion Humans Information Dissemination Partnership Practice Patient Education As Topic Problem Solving Professional Competence Self Care Social Facilitation Social Support Vulnerable Populations Workplace/psychology
Source:
Prev Chronic Dis. 12.
Pubmed ID:
26447550
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4599068
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
FRN 126839/Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada
Place as Subject:
British Columbia, Canada
Collection(s):
Preventing Chronic Disease
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/35214/cdc_35214_DS1.pdf
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