Understanding How, Why and for Whom Link Work Interventions Promote Access in Community Healthcare Settings in the United Kingdom: A Realist Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Inequity in access to healthcare in the United Kingdom can have a profound impact on people's ability to manage their health problems. Link work interventions attempt to overcome the socioeconomic and structural barriers that perpetuate health inequalities. Link workers are typically staff members without professional clinical qualifications who support patients to bridge the gap between services. However, little is currently known about how and why link work interventions might be effective. This realist review attempts to understand the contexts and resultant mechanisms by which link work interventions affect access to community healthcare services.

Methods

The authors completed a systematic search of empirical literature in Embase, CINAHL, Medline, PsychInfo

SUBMITTER: Golby R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11540931 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature