Observational studyBMC health services research2016
The CHAP-EMS health promotion program: a qualitative study on participants' views of the role of paramedics.
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- Evaluation of a community paramedicine health promotion and lifestyle risk assessment program for older adults who live in social housing: a cluster randomized trial.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2018Trial
- Realist evaluation of the community paramedicine at clinic (CP@clinic) programme in rural Australian community health: protocol.BMJ open · 2026Article
- How Can Community Paramedics Help in Addressing Mental Health for Vulnerable Australians?The Australian journal of rural health · 2026Article
- COVID-19 and social care screening for older adults in social housing: a CP@clinic adaptation.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Physical Literacy and Physical Activity in Early Years Education: What's Known, What's Done, and What's Needed?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Identifying Features of a System of Practice to Inform a Contemporary Competency Framework for Paramedics in Canada.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Paramedic attitudes and experiences working as a community paramedic: a qualitative survey.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Perceived value and benefits of the Community Paramedicine at Clinic (CP@clinic) programme: a descriptive qualitative study.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Delivery of public health interventions by the ambulance sector: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2023Article
- An examination of the emerging field of community paramedicine: a national cross-sectional survey of community paramedics.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- The development of community paramedicine; a restricted review.Health & social care in the community · 2022Review
- Altruism in Paramedicine: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Community nurse-paramedics' sphere of practice in primary care; an ethnographic study.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Improving Psychological Comfort of Paramedics for Field Termination of Resuscitation through Structured Training.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Instructive roles and supportive relationships: client perspectives of their engagement with community health workers in a rural south African home visiting program.International journal for equity in health · 2021Article
- Feasibility of implementing a community cardiovascular health promotion program with paramedics and volunteers in a South Asian population.BMC public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundExpanded roles for paramedics, commonly termed community paramedicine, are becoming increasingly common. Paramedics working in community paramedicine roles represent a distinct departure away from the traditional emergency paradigm of paramedic services. Despite this, little research has addressed how community paramedics are perceived by their clients.
methodsThis study took an interpretivist qualitative approach to examine participants' perceptions of paramedics providing a community paramedicine program, named the Community Health Assessment Program through Emergency Medical Services (CHAP-EMS). Both participant observation and semi-structured interviews conducted with program participants were used to gain insight into the on-the-ground experiences of the program. Thematic analysis was employed to analyze all data.
resultsThree themes emerged: i) Caring and trusting relationships; ii) paramedics as health advocates; iii) the added value of EMS skills. Paramedics were perceived by residents as having dual identities: first in a novel role as health advocates and secondly in a traditional role as emergency experts despite lacking contextual features associated with emergency response.
conclusionsFrom this exploratory, qualitative study we present an emerging framework in which to conceptualize paramedic roles in community paramedicine settings. Future research should address the saliency of these roles in different contexts and how these roles relate to paramedic practice.
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