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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Cooperation between Public Primary Health Care and Occupational Health Care Professionals in Work Ability-Related Health Issues.

Lauri Vähätalo, Anna Siukola, Salla Atkins, Tiia Reho, Markku Sumanen, Mervi Viljamaa, Riitta Sauni

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Lauri VähätaloFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-5020-6638
Anna SiukolaFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-1404-9780
Salla AtkinsHealth Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-4116-893X
Tiia RehoFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland.
Markku SumanenFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-9706-1456
Mervi ViljamaaPihlajalinna Työterveys, 33100 Tampere, Finland.
Riitta SauniFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-9808-3638
Tampere University · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Work disability creates significant expenses for nations and causes human suffering by limiting patients' lives. International studies show that to enhance recognition of and support for work disability, cooperation, mutual trust, and information exchange between public primary health care and occupational health care must be strengthened. However, little is known of how health care professionals experience this cooperation. The aim of this study was to understand how professionals experience the cooperation between public primary health care and occupational health services regarding patients' work ability. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 29 health care professionals working in five small cities (<10,000 inhabitants) in Finland. Interviews were audio and video recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed through inductive thematic analysis. Three key themes were identified from the interviews: attitudes toward the other health care sector, the exchange of information, and resources for cooperation. Professionals seem to have poor knowledge about the services available and how care is given in the other sector, appearing to lead to weak mutual trust. The public primary health care professionals especially emphasized the benefits of cooperation, but several issues were mentioned as barriers to cooperation. These results can be used when planning effective patient paths and service provisioning models.

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Occupational Health ServicesPersons with DisabilitiesHealth PersonnelHumansPrimary Health CareQualitative ResearchWork Capacity Evaluationcooperationhealth care professionalshealth care servicesoccupational health servicesprimary health carequalitative researchwork disability

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PMID36231222
PMCPMC9564539
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