A qualitative study of classical Chinese medicine in community health focusing on self-care: practitioner and staff perspectives

Alaia Harvie; Amie Steel; Jon Wardle

doi:10.1016/j.imr.2020.01.002

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A qualitative study of classical Chinese medicine in community health focusing on self-care: practitioner and staff perspectives

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A qualitative study of classical Chinese medicine in community health focusing on self-care: practitioner and staff perspectives

Alaia Harvie, Amie Steel and Jon Wardle

Integrative medicine research, Vol.9(1), pp.42-47

03/2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2020.01.002

PMCID: PMC7013179

PMID: 32071867

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Chinese medicine

Classical medicine

Community health

Qualitative research

Self-care

Classical Chinese medicine (CCM) encompasses many simple lifestyle recommendations which can be adopted into daily routines in support of short and long-term health outcomes. The rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) globally in recent decades has led to a need for cost-effective and scalable health care interventions to address lifestyle risk for NCDs in the community. This analysis explores the experience of staff and practitioners delivering a CCM community health care program designed to improve health behaviours in the community in rural Scotland. A qualitative study employed semi-structured interviews with a sample of program practitioners and staff (n = 7). Informants were asked to share their experience in delivering the CCM program. Emergent themes were identified via analysis using the Framework Approach. Themes emerged from the data in three key areas: Cultural challenges within the local region; Integration with the existing local health care network; and Team dynamics, co-creation and communication integrity. This study highlights the importance of accessibility, integration, networking, secure funding and team unity in the context of community health program delivery, as well as noting a diversity of practice among Chinese medicine practitioners. CCM concepts may hold potential for integration into community health, however, further research is warranted.

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Title: A qualitative study of classical Chinese medicine in community health focusing on self-care: practitioner and staff perspectives
Creators: Alaia Harvie - University of Technology Sydney
Amie Steel - University of Technology Sydney
Jon Wardle - University of Technology Sydney
Publication Details: Integrative medicine research, Vol.9(1), pp.42-47
Publisher: Elsevier B.V
Grant note: This work was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) scholarship, by the Endeavour College of Natural Health Staff Collaborative Research and Mentoring Fund and by AllsWell.
Identifiers: 991013035745002368
Copyright: © 2020 Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
Academic Unit: National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

A qualitative study of classical Chinese medicine in community health focusing on self-care: practitioner and staff perspectives

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