How compassionate communities are implemented and evaluated in practice: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Compassionate communities are rooted in a health promotion approach to palliative care, aiming to support solidarity among community members at the end of life. Hundreds of compassionate communities have been developed internationally in recent years. However, it remains unknown how their implementation on the ground aligns with core strategies of health promotion. The aim of this review is to describe the practical implementation and evaluation of compassionate communities.

Methods

We undertook a scoping review of the empirical peer-reviewed literature on compassionate communities. Bibliographic searches in five databases were developed with information specialists. We included studies in English describing health promotion activities applied to end-of-life and p

SUBMITTER: Dumont K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9297657 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature