Challenges faced by community connectors: lessons learned from a Taiwan public health initiative.

ABSTRACT: Effective solutions that meet the diverse community health needs of older adult populations are of critical importance. To address these needs, a nationwide community connector team-tasked with providing referral support to older adult populations and completing an asset mapping resource inventory initiative centered around the needs of older adult populations-was developed in Taiwan. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore community connectors' experiences and challenges. Community connectors (n = 26) across four diverse sites participated in focus group interviews in July 2020. Interviews explored the challenges community connectors encountered in their roles; the strategies used to address these challenges; the asset mapping process; and on how they conceptualized their rol

SUBMITTER: Ni LF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9675122 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature