Implementation of national guidance for self-harm among general practice nurses: a qualitative exploration using the capabilities, opportunities, and motivations model of behaviour change (COM-B) and the theoretical domains framework.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients who self-harm may consult with primary care nurses, who have a safeguarding responsibility to recognise and respond to self-harm. However, the responses of nursing staff to self-harm are poorly understood, and opportunities to identify self-harm and signpost towards treatment may be missed. It is unclear how to support nursing staff to implement national guidelines.

Aims

Among primary care nursing staff to: [1] Examine reported barriers and enablers to nurses' use of, and adherence to, national guidance for self-harm; and [2] Recommend potential intervention strategies to improve implementation of the NICE guidelines.

Methods

Twelve telephone interviews partly structured around the capabilities, opportunities and motivations model of behaviour chan

SUBMITTER: Leather JZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10693142 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature