Community-based organizations' perspectives on improving health and social service integration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Collaborations between health systems and community-based organizations (CBOs) are increasingly common mechanisms to address the unmet health-related social needs of high-risk populations. However, there is limited evidence on how to develop, manage, and sustain these partnerships, and implementation rarely incorporates perspectives of community social service organizations. To address these gaps, we elicited CBOs' perspectives on service delivery for clients, the impact of the Whole Person Care-Los Angeles (WPC-LA) initiative to integrate health and social care, and their suggestions for improving health system partnerships.

Methods

Using stakeholder engaged principles and a qualitative Rapid Assessment Process, we conducted brief surveys and in-depth semi-struct

SUBMITTER: Agonafer EP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7937223 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature