{"id":1584,"date":"2018-04-12T12:04:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crmcspl-blog.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:04:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:04:29","slug":"a-general-practice-street-health-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crmcspl-blog.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/?p=1584","title":{"rendered":"A general practice street health service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\">Tweet<\/a> <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n        !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">By Tom Brett<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/crmcspl-blog.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tom-Brett-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1585\" title=\"Tom Brett 2\" src=\"https:\/\/crmcspl-blog.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tom-Brett-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"91\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">This qualitative study [1] explores patient and allied health staff perspectives of a street-based, primary health service with the aim of identifying factors that influence patient access and management.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">It is a useful companion paper to our recent 10-year retrospective cohort study [2] of multimorbidity among marginalised patients attending the Freo Street Doctor service.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">Key themes emerging from the research included better doctor-patient empathy, better understanding of patient circumstances, fostering of social capital and facilitating referral pathways to health and social services.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">The researchers noted that the provision of services for homeless and marginalised patients can be challenging for mainstream general practices.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">Our findings show that patients attending the Freo Street Doctor service appreciate the open access nature of the clinic, the focus on psycho-social as well as medical needs and the empathy and understanding shown by the GPs, nurses and outreach services who deliver the service. The preparedness of the street health service providers to meet the altered needs of marginalised patients in their own backyard is a key factor in engagement.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">Mainstream primary health care services would do well to recognise and adopt strategies that recognise the special needs and social circumstances of these patients.<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">1.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Strange C,\u00a0 \u00a0Fisher C, Chan She Ping-Delfos W, Arnold-Reed D, Brett T.\u00a0 A general practice street health service \u2013 patient and allied service provider perspectives. AJGP. 2018. 47 (1-2): 44-48.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">2.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Arnold-Reed D, Troeung L, Brett T,\u00a0 Chan She Ping-Delfos W, Geelhoed E, Fisher C, Preen D. Increasing multimorbidity in an Australian street health service \u2013 a 10-year retrospective cohort study,. AJGP. 2018; 47 (4): 181-189.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet By Tom Brett This qualitative study [1] explores patient and allied health staff perspectives of a street-based, primary health service with the aim of identifying factors that influence patient access and management. 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