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Developing a model of family focused practice with consumers, families, practitioners and managers: a community based participatory research approach

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Title
Developing a model of family focused practice with consumers, families, practitioners and managers: a community based participatory research approach
Published in
BMC Health Services Research, January 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12913-018-2844-0
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Authors

Andrea Reupert, Bernadette Ward, Francis McCormick, Cathy Ward, Susan Waller, Susan Kidd

Abstract

While governments are urging adult mental health services to support consumers in the context of their family, there is little information about what family focused practice is, nor how it might be enacted. Informed by the principles of Community Based Participatory Research, workshops were held in three rural Australian communities in 2015 to discuss the meaning of family focused practice and how such practices might be promoted. Participants described the need to raise community awareness about mental illness and provide practical support to the family. Participants emphasized the importance of practitioners genuinely communicating with consumers and their families about mental illness and the need for collaborative care and treatment planning. They also highlighted the challenges of living in rural places and posed some solutions. On the basis of the results and previous literature, we developed a model of family focused practice that outlined various stakeholders and their enactments. The model has the potential to inform policy, professional development and practice guidelines.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 77 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 14 18%
Researcher 11 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 10%
Lecturer 7 9%
Other 5 6%
Other 11 14%
Unknown 21 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 15 19%
Psychology 10 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 9%
Social Sciences 5 6%
Arts and Humanities 3 4%
Other 10 13%
Unknown 27 35%