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Evaluating user involvement in primary healthcare

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posted on 2003-01-01, 00:00 authored by J Allsop, Ann TaketAnn Taket
Current health policies, both in the UK and internationally, call for a shift from secondary to primary healthcare, and for increased involvement of service users and communities in decisions about their own care and about the way in which health services are provided. This study investigated the way in which users were involved in two London-based primary healthcare projects. Two projects were selected from a broader sample. A case study approach was adopted and a range of methods used to identify the types of user involvement, users' views of the process and, in one case study, users' preferences for participation. Arnstein's conceptual framework for participation was used in the analysis. In this paper, the findings of the study are discussed in relation to Cohen's notions of breadth, depth and range of participation. The paper illustrates how these notions may provide a mechanism for providers and commissioners of health services to assess their strategies in relation to user or community involvement, and the degree of success they achieve in implementation.

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Journal

International journal of healthcare technology and management

Volume

5

Issue

1-2

Pagination

34 - 44

Publisher

Inderscience

Location

Olney, England

ISSN

1368-2156

eISSN

1741-5144

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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