Qualitative perspectives on the sustainability of sexual health continuous quality improvement in clinics serving remote Aboriginal communities in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine barriers and facilitators to sustaining a sexual health continuous quality improvement (CQI) programme in clinics serving remote Aboriginal communities in Australia.

Design

Qualitative study.

Setting

Primary health care services serving remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, Australia.

Participants

Seven of the 11 regional sexual health coordinators responsible for supporting the Northern Territory Government Remote Sexual Health Program.

Methods

Semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted in person or by telephone; data were analysed using an inductive and deductive thematic approach.

Results

Despite uniform availability of CQI tools and activities, sexual health CQI implementation varied across the North

SUBMITTER: Gunaratnam P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6502047 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature