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Table 3 Summary of policy dialogue findings

From: How can collaboration be strengthened between public health and primary care? A Dutch multiple case study in seven neighbourhoods

Neighbour-hood

Gemert

Achtse Barrier

Heeswijk-Dinther and Loosbroek

Boxtel-Oost

Gesworen Hoek and Huibeven

Banakkers

Terheijden

Policy dialogue with various parties

Workgroup handling preparation (including core teama)

Core team, Municipal official

Core team, GP, health centre operations director, manager home care organisation

Core team, Municipal official

Core team, Municipal neighbourhood coordinator

Core team, Health centre director, public health policy officer, neighbourhood manager

Core team, Neighbourhood manager, municipal official, health promotion officer

Core team, Municipal neighbourhood work coordinator

Preparatory discussions

Short Lines workgroup members (primary care, welfare, municipality)

Within extended team

Municipality, GPs, elderly people’s association, welfare and care organisations

GP group, neighbourhood body, neighbourhood nurse, lay care support point

Youth doctor/nurse, primary health centre professionals, community school steering committee

GPs, social neighbourhood team

GP and village council

Organised dialogue

1. Presentation and discussion of profile

Presentation and discussion of profile, theme selection

Presentation and discussion of profile, inventory of wishes, identification of criteria for theme selection

Presentation and discussion of profile, theme selection

Presentation and discussion of profile, theme selection

Inventory of issues, theme selection

Presentation and discussion of profile, inventory of wishes, theme selection

2. Theme selection

Number of participants

~20 people

~20 people

~45 people

~45 people

~25 people

~30 people

~30 people

Neighbourhood actors (examples of organisations)

Municipality (youth, Social Support Act, village-oriented worker), GPs, physiotherapists, social workers, disability carers, dieticians, home carers, practice support workers, village support worker and police

GPs Health Centre, home carers, quality of life team/residents, physiotherapists, pharmacists, mental health care officer, youth health care physicians of regional public health services

Care organisations, schools, elderly people’s associations, welfare workers, primary professionals, volunteers, Social Support Act advisory board and parish staff

GPs, municipality, physiotherapists, dieticians, speech and language therapists, Social Support Act advisory board, neighbourhood body, care buyers, elderly people’s association and welfare organisation

Social workers, welfare workers, physiotherapists, consultation and training, care teams, education, municipality, elderly people’s association

Neighbourhood residents, GPs, physiotherapists, neighbourhood nurses, social workers, neighbourhood association, volunteers, officials and advisors

GPs, physiotherapists, residents platform, village council, neighbourhood nurses, dieticians, care organisations, sports clubs, municipal councillor

Chosen theme(s)

Loneliness, population aging, poverty and illiteracy, obesity, exercise, complex family problems

Social cohesion/loneliness

Social cohesion, nutrition and exercise

Social cohesion/loneliness

Poverty, obesity, social cohesion

Loneliness

Social cohesion/ loneliness of the elderly and adults, obesity children

  1. aCore team = Regional public health services epidemiologist and policy advisor and regional primary care support structure policy advisor