Realist review of community coalitions and outreach interventions to increase access to primary care for vulnerable populations: a realist review.

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Background

There are meaningful gaps in equitable access to Primary Health Care (PHC), especially for vulnerable populations after widespread reforms in Western countries. The Innovative Models Promoting Access-to-Care Transformation (IMPACT) research program is a Canadian-Australian collaboration that aims to improve access to PHC for vulnerable populations. Relationships were developed with stakeholders in six regions across Canada and Australia where access-related needs could be identified. The most promising interventions would be implemented and tested to address the needs identified. This realist review was conducted to understand how community coalition and outreach (e.g., mobile or pop-up) services improve access for underserved vulnerable residents.

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SUBMITTER: Welch V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10290300 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature