Mental health clinician attitudes to the provision of preventive care for chronic disease risk behaviours and association with care provision.
BMC Psychiatry
; 16: 57, 2016 Mar 02.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Preventive care for chronic disease risk behaviours by mental health clinicians is sub-optimal. Little research has examined the association between clinician attitudes and such care delivery. This study aimed to explore i) the attitudes of a multi-disciplinary group of community mental health clinicians regarding their perceived role, perception of client interest, and perceived self-efficacy in the provision of preventive care, ii) whether such attitudes differ by professional discipline, and iii) the association between these attitudes and clinician provision of such care.METHOD:
A telephone survey was conducted with 151 Australian community mental health clinicians regarding their attitudes towards provision of assessment, advice and referral addressing smoking, nutrition, alcohol, and physical activity, and their reported provision of such care. Logistic regression was used to examine the association between attitudes and care delivery, and attitudinal differences by professional discipline.RESULTS:
Most clinicians reported that their manager supported provision of preventive care; such care was part of their role; it would not jeopardise their practitioner-client relationships, clients found preventive care acceptable, and that they had the confidence, knowledge and skills to modify client health behaviours. Half reported that clients were not interested in changing their health behaviours, and one third indicated that the provision of preventive care negatively impacted on time available for delivery of acute care. The following attitudes were positively associated with the provision of preventive care role congruence, client interest in change, and addressing health risk behaviours will not jeopardise the client-clinician relationship.CONCLUSIONS:
Strategies are required to translate positive attitudes to improved client care and address attitudes which may hinder the provision of preventive care in community mental health.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Servicios Preventivos de Salud
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Asunción de Riesgos
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Conductas Relacionadas con la Salud
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Actitud del Personal de Salud
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Enfermedad Crónica
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Servicios Comunitarios de Salud Mental
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Psychiatry
Asunto de la revista:
PSIQUIATRIA
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia