Primary Care Practitioners' Barriers to and Experience of COVID-19 Epidemic Control in China: a Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in December 2019 and posed numerous challenges to China's health system. Almost 4 million primary care practitioners (PCPs) participated in controlling the outbreak. However, PCPs' barriers to and experience of the epidemic control remain unknown and are essential for improving countermeasures.

Objective

To better understand the barriers PCPs faced in COVID-19 epidemic control and their psychological and occupational impacts, and explore potential solutions.

Design

This qualitative study was conducted through semi-structured, in-depth interviews from February 12, to March 10, 2020.

Participants

A purposive sample of frontline PCPs affiliated with either community health centers or township health center

SUBMITTER: Xu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7458355 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature