Delivery of public health interventions by the ambulance sector: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With millions of unscheduled patient contacts every year and increasing call outs clustered around the most deprived communities, it is clear the ambulance sector could have a role to play in improving population health. However, the application and value of a public health approach within the ambulance sector has not been comprehensively explored. A scoping review was undertaken to explore the role of the ambulance sector in the delivery of public health interventions and what impact this has on population health and ambulance sector outcomes.

Methods

A search strategy was developed on MEDLINE and translated to other major medical and health related bibliographic databases (Embase; CINAHL; HMIC; Science and Social Sciences Citation Index; Cochrane Library) to ide

SUBMITTER: Ablard S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10598948 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature