How to Better Integrate Social Determinants of Health into Primary Healthcare: Various Stakeholders’ Perspectives

Catherine Hudon (), Olivier Dumont-Samson, Mylaine Breton, Yann Bourgueil, Christine Cohidon, Hector Falcoff, Nicolas Senn, Thérèse Van Durme, Émilie Angrignon-Girouard and Sarah Ouadfel
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Catherine Hudon: Département de Médecine de Famille et de Médecine D’urgence, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4, Canada
Olivier Dumont-Samson: Département de Médecine de Famille et de Médecine D’urgence, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4, Canada
Mylaine Breton: Département des Sciences de la Santé Communautaire, Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, QC J4K 0A8, Canada
Yann Bourgueil: Chaire Santé Sciences Po, 75007 Paris, France
Christine Cohidon: Département de Médecine de Famille, Centre Universitaire de Médecine Générale et Santé Publique (Unisanté), Université de Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
Hector Falcoff: Société de Formation Thérapeutique du Généraliste/Recherche (SFTG Recherche), 75013 Paris, France
Nicolas Senn: Département de Médecine de Famille, Centre Universitaire de Médecine Générale et Santé Publique (Unisanté), Université de Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
Thérèse Van Durme: Institut de Recherche Santé et Société, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgium
Émilie Angrignon-Girouard: Département de Médecine de Famille et de Médecine D’urgence, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4, Canada
Sarah Ouadfel: Département de Médecine de Famille et de Médecine D’urgence, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4, Canada

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 23, 1-6

Abstract: This paper aims to identify challenges and opportunities related to the integration of social determinants of health (SDH) into primary healthcare at an international symposium in Orford, Quebec, Canada. A descriptive qualitative approach was conducted. Three focus groups on different topics were led by international facilitators. Two research team members took notes during the focus groups. All the material was analyzed using a thematic analysis according to an inductive method. Many challenges were identified, leading to the identification of potential opportunities: integrate the concept of SDH in all phases of the training curriculum for health professionals to foster interprofessional and intersectoral collaboration and sociocultural skills; organize healthcare for better outreach to vulnerable populations; organize local and regional committees to develop management frameworks to produce and use territory-specific data; develop dashboards for primary healthcare providers describing the composition of their territory’s population; work collaboratively, rallying primary healthcare providers, community organization delegates, patient partners, citizens, and municipality representatives around common projects. Discussions prompted new directions for further primary healthcare research, among which are building on best practices in the literature and in the field, and engaging various stakeholders in research, including vulnerable populations, while focusing on patient experience.

Keywords: social determinants of health; primary healthcare; integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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