Using a participatory design to develop an implementation framework for integrating falls prevention for older people within the Chinese primary health care system.
BMC Geriatr
; 24(1): 178, 2024 Feb 21.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Chinese National Essential Public Health Service Package (NEPHSP) has mandated primary health care providers to provide falls prevention for community-dwelling older people. But no implementation framework is available to guide better integration of falls prevention for older people within the primary health care system.METHODS:
This is a two-stage online participatory design study consisting of eight workshops with stakeholders from three purposively selected cities. First, two workshops were organised at each study site to jointly develop the framework prototype. Second, to refine, optimise and finalise the prototype via two workshops with all study participants. Data analysis and synthesis occurred concurrently with data collection, supported by Tencent Cloud Meeting software.RESULTS:
All participants confirmed that the integration of falls prevention for older people within the NEPHSP was weak and reached a consensus on five opportunities to better integrate falls prevention, including workforce training, community health promotion, health check-ups, health education and scheduled follow-up, during the delivery of NEPHSP. Three regional-tailored prototypes were then jointly developed and further synthesised into a generic implementation framework by researchers and end-users. Guided by this framework, 11 implementation strategies were co-developed under five themes.CONCLUSIONS:
The current integration of falls prevention in the NEPHSP is weak. Five opportunities for integrating falls prevention in the NEPHSP and a five-themed implementation framework with strategies are co-identified and developed, using a participatory design approach. These findings may also provide other regions or countries, facing similar challenges, with insights for promoting falls prevention for older people.RESUMEN
KEYPOINTS The integration of falls prevention for older people was weak in the Chinese PHC system.Five opportunities were identified for better integrating falls prevention for older people in the Chinese PHC system.We developed an implementation framework to strengthen the solid integration of falls prevention in the Chinese PHC system.
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MEDLINE
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Educação em Saúde
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Vida Independente
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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En
Revista:
BMC Geriatr
Assunto da revista:
GERIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
País de afiliação:
China