Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorO’Donnell, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorTierney, Edel
dc.contributor.authorO’Carroll, Austin
dc.contributor.authorNurse, Diane
dc.contributor.authorMacFarlane, Anne
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-13T10:21:46Z
dc.date.available2016-12-13T10:21:46Z
dc.date.issued2016-12-03
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal for Equity in Health. 2016 Dec 03;15(1):197en
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-016-0487-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/620982
dc.description.abstractAbstract Background The involvement of patients and the public in healthcare has grown significantly in recent decades and is documented in health policy documents internationally. Many benefits of involving these groups in primary care planning have been reported. However, these benefits are rarely felt by those considered marginalised in society and they are often excluded from participating in the process of planning primary care. It has been recommended to employ suitable approaches, such as co-operative and participatory initiatives, to enable marginalised groups to highlight their priorities for care. Methods This Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) research study involved 21 members of various marginalised groups who contributed their views about access to primary care. Using a series of PLA techniques for data generation and co-analysis, we explored barriers and facilitators to primary healthcare access from the perspective of migrants, Irish Travellers, homeless people, drug users, sex workers and people living in deprivation, and identified their priorities for action with regard to primary care provision. Results Four overarching themes were identified: the home environment, the effects of the ‘two-tier’ healthcare system on engagement, healthcare encounters, and the complex health needs of many in those groups. The study demonstrates that there are many complicated personal and structural barriers to accessing primary healthcare for marginalised groups. There were shared and differential experiences across the groups. Participants also expressed shared priorities for action in the planning and running of primary care services. Conclusions Members of marginalised groups have shared priorities for action to improve their access to primary care. If steps are taken to address these, there is scope to impact on more than one marginalised group and to address the existing health inequities.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectPRIMARY CARE SERVICESen
dc.subjectSOCIAL INCLUSIONen
dc.titleExploring levers and barriers to accessing primary care for marginalised groups and identifying their priorities for primary care provision: a participatory learning and action research studyen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.language.rfc3066en
dc.rights.holderThe Author(s).
dc.date.updated2016-12-03T07:02:06Z
refterms.dateFOA2018-08-27T18:27:15Z
html.description.abstractAbstract Background The involvement of patients and the public in healthcare has grown significantly in recent decades and is documented in health policy documents internationally. Many benefits of involving these groups in primary care planning have been reported. However, these benefits are rarely felt by those considered marginalised in society and they are often excluded from participating in the process of planning primary care. It has been recommended to employ suitable approaches, such as co-operative and participatory initiatives, to enable marginalised groups to highlight their priorities for care. Methods This Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) research study involved 21 members of various marginalised groups who contributed their views about access to primary care. Using a series of PLA techniques for data generation and co-analysis, we explored barriers and facilitators to primary healthcare access from the perspective of migrants, Irish Travellers, homeless people, drug users, sex workers and people living in deprivation, and identified their priorities for action with regard to primary care provision. Results Four overarching themes were identified: the home environment, the effects of the ‘two-tier’ healthcare system on engagement, healthcare encounters, and the complex health needs of many in those groups. The study demonstrates that there are many complicated personal and structural barriers to accessing primary healthcare for marginalised groups. There were shared and differential experiences across the groups. Participants also expressed shared priorities for action in the planning and running of primary care services. Conclusions Members of marginalised groups have shared priorities for action to improve their access to primary care. If steps are taken to address these, there is scope to impact on more than one marginalised group and to address the existing health inequities.


Files in this item

Thumbnail
Name:
12939_2016_Article_487.pdf
Size:
720.7Kb
Format:
PDF

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record