OBJECTIVE: To identify how many professionals have, in their view, some experience of community participation (CP); how many have a positive attitude to CP; and other associated factors. DESIGN: Observational, analytic, crossover study. PARTICIPANTS: Professionals from 22 Health Centres (HC). INTERVENTION: A questionnaire on attitudes, knowledge and behaviour. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: 220 (67%) of the 330 professionals who received the survey replied. More than half of these considered that CP in the HC was important. 49% had some experience of this question: of these 59% evaluated their experience was successful, a variable which was linked to work satisfaction, attachment to the HC for less than one year or more than five and being a nursing professional. The main problem was considered to be lack of preparation; and the main cause of failure of experiments was defective planning. 95% of professionals were willing to work on health projects involving community participation. CONCLUSIONS: Even accepting the difficulty of measuring attitudes, knowledge and behaviour, the idea and that the positive attitudes and/or experiences of Primary Care health professionals to CP are a chance phenomenon is rejected. An intervention study to check the hypotheses suggested in this study concerning the variable factors which favour success in community health participation is proposed.
OBJECTIVE: To identify how many professionals have, in their view, some experience of community participation (CP); how many have a positive attitude to CP; and other associated factors. DESIGN: Observational, analytic, crossover study. PARTICIPANTS: Professionals from 22 Health Centres (HC). INTERVENTION: A questionnaire on attitudes, knowledge and behaviour. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: 220 (67%) of the 330 professionals who received the survey replied. More than half of these considered that CP in the HC was important. 49% had some experience of this question: of these 59% evaluated their experience was successful, a variable which was linked to work satisfaction, attachment to the HC for less than one year or more than five and being a nursing professional. The main problem was considered to be lack of preparation; and the main cause of failure of experiments was defective planning. 95% of professionals were willing to work on health projects involving community participation. CONCLUSIONS: Even accepting the difficulty of measuring attitudes, knowledge and behaviour, the idea and that the positive attitudes and/or experiences of Primary Care health professionals to CP are a chance phenomenon is rejected. An intervention study to check the hypotheses suggested in this study concerning the variable factors which favour success in community health participation is proposed.
Authors: Sebastià March; María Ramos; Mario Soler; Juan Luís Ruiz-Jiménez; Frederick Miller; Julia Domínguez Journal: Aten Primaria Date: 2011-02-20 Impact factor: 1.137
Authors: Sebastià March; Joana Ripoll; Juan Luís Ruiz-Giménez; Isabel Montaner Gomis; Carmen Belén Benedé Azagra; Lázaro Elizalde Soto; M Clara Vidal; M de Lluc Bauzà Amengual; Trinidad Planas Juan; Damiana Maria Pérez Mariano; Micaela Llull Sarralde; Rosa Bajo Viñas; Matilde Jordan Martin; Carmen Solano Villarubia; Maria Rodriguez Bajo; Manuela Cordoba Victoria; Marta Badia Capdevila; Elena Serrano Ferrandez; Maria Bosom Diumenjo; Nieves Zabaleta Del Olmo; Bonaventura Bolívar-Ribas; Angel Antoñanzas Lombarte; Samantha Bregel Cotaina; Ana Calvo Tocado; Barbara Olivan Blázquez; Rosa Magallón Botaya; Pilar Marín Palacios; Margarita Echauri Ozcoidi; M Jose Perez-Jarauta; Maria Ramos Journal: BMJ Open Date: 2012-05-14 Impact factor: 2.692
Authors: Sebastià March; Joana Ripoll; Matilde Jordan Martin; Edurne Zabaleta-Del-Olmo; Carmen Belén Benedé Azagra; Lázaro Elizalde Soto; Mª Clara Vidal; María de Lluc Bauzà Amengual; Trinidad Planas Juan; Damiana Maria Pérez Mariano; Micaela Llull Sarralde; Juan Luís Ruiz-Giménez; Rosa Bajo Viñas; Carmen Solano Villarubia; Maria Rodriguez Bajo; Manuela Cordoba Victoria; Marta Badia Capdevila; Elena Serrano Ferrandez; Maria Bosom Diumenjo; Isabel Montaner-Gomis; Buenaventura Bolibar-Ribas; Angel Antoñanzas Lombarte; Samantha Bregel Cotaina; Ana Calvo Tocado; Barbara Olivan Blázquez; Rosa Magallon Botaya; Pilar Marín Palacios; Margarita Echauri Ozcoidi; María Jose Perez-Arauta; Joan Llobera; Maria Ramos Journal: BMJ Open Date: 2017-10-08 Impact factor: 2.692