Using action learning to reduce health inequity in Danish municipalities
| Autor: | Anna Paldam Folker, Sigurd Mørk Lauridsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Denmark
Medically Underserved Area Context (language use) Health Services Accessibility 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 0502 economics and business Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Healthcare Disparities Program Development Action research Action learning Social work business.industry 05 social sciences Problem-Based Learning Public relations Health equity Disadvantaged Action (philosophy) Models Organizational Facilitator Health Services Research business 050203 business & management Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Paldam Folker, A & Lauridsen, S M 2017, ' Using action learning to reduce health inequity in Danish Municipalities ', Leadership in Health Services, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 194-207 . https://doi.org/10.1108/LHS-11-2016-0060 |
| ISSN: | 1751-1879 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/lhs-11-2016-0060 |
| Popis: | Purpose The aim of this study is to clarify how action learning can be used as a vehicle for promoting equal access to municipal health services for socially disadvantaged groups in a Danish context. It is the purpose of this paper to describe the methods for reducing health inequity developed in the study and to discuss how action learning methodologically contributed to achieving these results. Design/methodology/approach In the study, the front-line staff from 19 health and social service units in six different municipalities, in Denmark, each formed an action learning group to develop methods for reducing health inequity in a municipal health setting. Each group was guided by an external facilitator, according to an Action Learning Action Research phase model (ALAR-model), which structured the cyclical development of methods into four phases: diagnosing, planning action, taking action and evaluating action. Findings Two types of results of the study are reported in the paper. First, the authors present an overview of the results the 19 participating municipal units have achieved in their action learning processes, as well as two case examples of how two units have worked with action learning and the concrete methods and tools they have developed in this process. Second, they report the challenges and dilemmas the 19 units faced when working with action learning in the study. Originality/value With its use of action learning techniques and the ALAR-model, this study contributes to the development of practice-based methods to reduce unequal access to municipal health services for socially disadvantaged groups. Through the study, the front-line staff in the health and social service units has been involved in the problem-solving process, to a much greater extent than it has previously been adopted in a Danish municipal health setting. |
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