Pandemic planning for primary care in Southwestern Ontario: protocol for a sequential multiple-methods design.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

During the COVID-19 pandemic, primary care providers rapidly adapted their practice in response to emerging knowledge of infection risk, resource availability and evolving patient and system needs. Given the previous lack of guidance specific to primary care settings, there is a need to formalise and integrate lessons learnt from these successful adaptations into future pandemic plans. Our project will develop a model for pandemic planning in primary care designed for replication in other Canadian regions and internationally to facilitate the scale and spread of effective primary care pandemic response strategies.

Methods and analysis

We will apply a pragmatic approach and a sequential multiple-methods design consisting of three objectives: (1) scoping review, (

SUBMITTER: Mathews M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12406867 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature