Interprofessional collaboration in fall prevention : insights from a qualitative study

Baumann, Isabel; Wieber, Frank; Volken, Thomas; Rüesch, Peter; Glässel, Andrea

doi:10.3390/ijerph191710477

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25528

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Interprofessional collaboration in fall prevention : insights from a qualitative study
Authors:	Baumann, Isabel Wieber, Frank Volken, Thomas Rüesch, Peter Glässel, Andrea
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph191710477 10.21256/zhaw-25528
Published in:	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume(Issue):	19
Issue:	17
Page(s):	10477
Issue Date:	2022
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	MDPI
ISSN:	1660-4601 1661-7827
Language:	English
Subjects:	Fall prevention; Interprofessional collaboration; Qualitative research; Focus group; Community health service; Older adults; Evaluation; Physical therapy; Occupational therapy; General practitioner; Sturzprävention
Subject (DDC):	362: Health and social services 610: Medicine and health
Abstract:	Background and objective: to explore the experiences of Swiss health care providers involved in a community fall prevention pilot project on barriers and facilitations in interprofessional cooperation between 2016 and 2017 in three regions of Switzerland. Methods: semi-structured interviews with health care providers assessed their perspective on the evaluation of jointly developed tools for reporting fall risk, continuous training of the health care providers, sensitizing media campaigns, and others. Results: One of the project’s strengths is the interprofessional continuous trainings. These trainings allowed the health care providers to extend their network of health care providers, which contributed to an improvement of fall prevention. Challenges of the project were that the standardization of the interprofessional collaboration required additional efforts. These efforts are time consuming and, for some categories of health care providers, not remunerated by the Swiss health care system. Conclusions: On a micro and meso level, the results of the present study indicate that the involved health care providers strongly support interprofessional collaboration in fall prevention. However, time and financial constraints challenge the implementation. On a macro level, potential ways to strengthen interprofessional collaboration are a core element in fall prevention.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/25528
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement:	School of Health Sciences
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Public Health (IPH)
Published as part of the ZHAW project:	Evaluation Via-Pilotprojekt Sturzprävention
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Gesundheit

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Baumann, I., Wieber, F., Volken, T., Rüesch, P., & Glässel, A. (2022). Interprofessional collaboration in fall prevention : insights from a qualitative study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(17), 10477. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710477

Baumann, I. et al. (2022) ‘Interprofessional collaboration in fall prevention : insights from a qualitative study’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(17), p. 10477. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710477.

I. Baumann, F. Wieber, T. Volken, P. Rüesch, and A. Glässel, “Interprofessional collaboration in fall prevention : insights from a qualitative study,” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 17, p. 10477, 2022, doi: 10.3390/ijerph191710477.

BAUMANN, Isabel, Frank WIEBER, Thomas VOLKEN, Peter RÜESCH und Andrea GLÄSSEL, 2022. Interprofessional collaboration in fall prevention : insights from a qualitative study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022. Bd. 19, Nr. 17, S. 10477. DOI 10.3390/ijerph191710477

Baumann, Isabel, Frank Wieber, Thomas Volken, Peter Rüesch, and Andrea Glässel. 2022. “Interprofessional Collaboration in Fall Prevention : Insights from a Qualitative Study.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 (17): 10477. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710477.

Baumann, Isabel, et al. “Interprofessional Collaboration in Fall Prevention : Insights from a Qualitative Study.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 17, 2022, p. 10477, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710477.