Factors Promoting and Obstacles Hindering Joint Working: A Systematic Review of the Research Evidence

Cameron, Ailsa M; Lart, Rachel A

doi:10.1108/14769018200300013

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“…A strategic perspective that not only recognised the need for institutional partnerships within and between government and civil society support agencies, but also provided the resources for their establishment. As a newly integrated service the three member agencies-DAPL, Clued-Up, and Fife NHS Addiction Service-face difficulties across a range of organisational and operational issues: establishing clear joint aims and objectives; overcoming organisational differences; identifying roles and responsibilities; establishing strategic support and commitment; setting up communication systems; providing physical space from which to work and meet as a team; recruitment of specialist personnel; putting in place appropriate professional support; overcoming professional stereotypes; establishing trust and respect; and undertaking joint training (Cameron and Lart 2003). Integration and cooperation between the three services, all accustomed to working on their own with their own routines and targets, has been identified as one of the main operational difficulties and there is ongoing work between the management of the three services and the DAAT to coordinate and define roles within the new service Through the difficult early months of establishing working practices and relationships, front-line staff and managers have remained committed to the ideals of the project in focusing on establishing care pathways for clients that recognise and address the complex linkages between health and homelessness.…”

Section: Fife Homelessness and Substance Misuse Servicementioning

confidence: 99%

Preventing Homelessness among Substance Users in Europe

Doherty

Stuttaford

2007

J Primary Prevent

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Prior to the 1970s, neither homelessness nor drug addiction was seen as issues of major concern in Europe. At most, they were of local interest and of particular importance only in some larger metropolitan centres. Over the last three decades they have come much more into public prominence and risen up in local and national policy agendas. At the level of the European Union (EU), however, while the use and abuse of drugs has attracted substantial financial resources and institutional involvement, homelessness, in comparison, has been relatively neglected and remains predominantly the concern of non-government and voluntary organisations. At all three levels-local, national, and European-it is only in recent years that the link between homelessness and problematic substance use has come to the fore as an issue of singular concern. This paper examines the recent emergence of policies and programmes which seek to tackle and prevent homelessness among substance users. Our investigation suggests that although new initiatives at the EU level are limited, at the national and especially sub-national level, effective programmes addressing both treatment and prevention are being designed and implemented.

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Section: Fife Homelessness and Substance Misuse Servicementioning

confidence: 99%

Preventing Homelessness among Substance Users in Europe

Doherty

Stuttaford

2007

J Primary Prevent

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“…This can lead to a relativisation of the perspective of midwives and to a promotion of mistaken role expectations. In contrast, successful cooperation requires a clear understanding of the roles involved (Cameron & Lart, 2003). Further research is necessary in the future to present the midwives' perspective correctly.…”

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“…According to the study findings, identifying services from different professional groups in one particular location, overcoming a perspective in which solely one's own interests are prioritised as well as maintaining the existing relationships all contribute to the success of cooperation. This leads to the discovery made by Cameron and Lart (2003), according to which, the future challenge for health and social services lies in the support of factors promoting cooperation and in restricting those hindering it. The question of competencies for interprofessional cooperation shows that there is no consensus within the midwifery profession as to which specific skills are required for an effective cooperation (Murray-Davis et al, 2011).…”

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“…In this paper, out-of-hospital obstetrical care shall be defined as the continual, outreaching care by midwives for women and families. Although up to now there is only little empirical evidence that cooperation between professional groups leads to an improved care service (Cameron & Lart, 2003;Dowling, Powell, & Glendinning, 2004), the increasingly complex tasks in the health service system require greater cooperation between the professional groups (Kaba-Schönstein, 2004;Kuhlmey, 2011; Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der Entwicklung im Gesundheitswesen SVR, 2007). The expectations of women and the susceptibility of certain groups render it vital that midwives continue to develop their potentials for working together with other professional groups (Williams & Davis, 2014).…”

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Interprofessional cooperation by midwives in the field of out-of-hospital obstetrical care: an integrative review / Interprofessionelle Kooperation von Hebammen im Handlungsfeld der ambulanten geburtshilflichen Versorgung: ein integratives Review

Schlüter-Cruse

Schnepp

Sayn-Wittgenstein

2016

International Journal of Health Professions

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The central objective of early prevention in Germany is an improved cooperation between professional groups of the health services and child and youth welfare in interprofessional networks. This objective derives from the realisation that proper care for families with infants can only be achieved if the various groups act in close integration. The 'Federal Initiative early prevention' explicitly calls for freelance midwives to be integrated in this context. However, only a few scientific findings on midwives' cooperation in networks of early prevention have been published to date. This integrative review aims to identify the central themes of interprofessional cooperation of midwives in out-of-hospital obstetrical care from national and international research literature. A systematic search of five research databases for publications between 2005 and 2015 was performed, complemented by a manual search. 25 studies were identified describing various contexts where midwives in out-of-hospital obstetrical care cooperate with other professional groups. Four key themes were analysed: contexts of cooperation, benefits of cooperation, facilitating and restrictive factors of cooperation, and competencies of cooperation. The studies show that there is only limited research coverage of the midwives' perspective regarding interprofessional cooperation. The existing studies examine the cooperation of midwives primarily with health care professionals, and secondarily with professionals in the social services. In order to expand knowledge on the cooperation of freelance midwives in the networks of early prevention, future research should focus on the perspective of midwives regarding cooperation with other professional groups, both in the health care sector and in the field of social services.interprofessional cooperation -midwife -out-of-hospital obstetrical care -review -early prevention Interprofessionelle Kooperation -Hebamme -ambulante geburtshilfliche Versorgung -Übersichtsarbeit -"Frühe Hilfen" Keywords Abstract

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“…Similar outcomes (few empirical studies on the effectiveness of integrated care) are presented in recent studies on the effectiveness of jointly provided health and social services for other target groups. In this respect, Glendinning [9] mentions a study of [27] who conducted a systematic review of research into the effectiveness of jointly provided health and social services. They identified only four studies which met the review's inclusion criteria and even these failed to provide conclusive evidence of the benefits for users of joint working.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%