We need to talk about purpose: a critical interpretive synthesis of health and social care professionals' approaches to self-management support for people with long-term conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health policies internationally advocate 'support for self-management', but it is not clear how the promise of the concept can be fulfilled.

Objective

To synthesize research into professional practitioners' perspectives, practices and experiences to help inform a reconceptualization of support for self-management.

Design

Critical interpretive synthesis using systematic searches of literature published 2000-2014.

Findings

We summarized key insights from 164 relevant papers in an annotated bibliography. The literature illustrates striking variations in approaches to support for self-management and interpretations of associated concepts. We focused particularly on the somewhat neglected question of the purpose of support. We suggest that this can illumi

SUBMITTER: Morgan HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5354019 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature