Publications by authors named "F Doolan-Noble"
Background This study aimed to identify the potential roles for Community Health Navigators (CHNs) in addressing problems faced by patients on discharge from hospital to the community, and attitudes and factors which may influence their adoption. Methods Twenty-six qualitative interviews and an online codesign workshop were conducted with patients, nurses, general practice staff, health service managers, community health workers, general practitioners, medical specialists, and pharmacists in the Sydney Local Health District. Qualitative themes from the interviews and workshop transcripts were analysed inductively and subsequently grouped according to a socio-ecological model.
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- The trial aims to assess the effectiveness of a community health navigator (CHN) intervention for patients over 40 with chronic health conditions transitioning from hospital to home, targeting the reduction of unplanned hospital readmissions.
- Patients discharged from the hospital will be randomly assigned to either receive CHN support or standard care, with various health outcomes, including readmission rates and quality of life, being measured over six months.
- The study has received ethics approval and plans to share findings through academic publications and conferences, while also planning qualitative assessments from stakeholders involved in the CHN intervention.
Objectives: In Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), integration across the healthcare continuum has been a key approach to strengthening the health system and improving health outcomes. A key example has been four regional District Health Board (DHB) groupings, which, from 2011 to 2022, required the country's 20 DHBs to work together regionally. This research explores how this initiative functioned, examining how, for whom and in what circumstances regional DHB groupings worked to deliver improvements in system integration and health outcomes and equity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: To gain insight into the world of rural veterinarians during the incursion within southern Aotearoa New Zealand by exploring their experiences during the incursion, and to understand the consequences, positive and negative, of these experiences.
Methods: A qualitative social science research methodology, guided by the philosophical paradigm of pragmatism, was used to collect data from an information-rich sample (n = 6) of rural veterinarians from Otago and Southland. Interview and focus group techniques were used, both guided by a semi-structured interview guide.
Objective: To explore rural hospital doctors' experiences of providing care in New Zealand rural hospitals.
Design: The study had a qualitative design, using qualitative content analysis.
Setting: The study was conducted in South Island, New Zealand, and included nine different rural hospitals.