Document Type : Original Article
Authors
- Rahil Ghorbani Nia 1
- Somayeh NooriHekmat 2
- Reza Dehnavieh 3
- Kambiz BahaadinBeigi 4
- Morteza Arab-Zozani 5
1 Department of Health Management and Policy and Economics, Faculty of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
2 Health Services Management Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
3 Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
4 Medical Informatics Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
5 Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
Abstract
Background: The present study investigated the possibility of implementing quaternary prevention using family physicians in Iran’s health system.
Methods: The present study was a qualitative study conducted with a grounded theory approach. Thirty-four participants, who were faculty members and experts, were selected by purposive and theoretical sampling using the snowball approach until data saturation. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The interviews took 20 to 60 minutes each, based on the circumstances and the participant’s willingness to continue. Data analysis was performed along with data collection by Strauss and Corbin’s constant comparative analysis. Using Lincoln and Guba criteria, the accuracy and strength of this research were confirmed.
Results: The dimensions model of quaternary prevention using family physicians in Iran were specified in six axial categories: causal conditions, contextual conditions, intervening conditions, strategies, and outcomes. The phenomenon was the promotion of quaternary prevention, including defining quaternary prevention, family physicians, the philosophy of quaternary prevention, and the philosophy of family physicians—social, political, economic, cultural, and technological conditions as contextual and intervening conditions. Causal conditions were doctors, patients, and the health system. Two main strategies were intersectoral administration and intra-sectoral governance. Outcomes included efficiency and the provision of security for society.
Conclusion: For quaternary prevention promotion and to offer ethically and rationally acceptable scientific services to the people, it is necessary to promote the position of the family physician as the primary implementer of quaternary prevention in healthcare. Getting to the PHC umbrella is achieved through intra-sectoral leadership and inter-sectoral governance, which supports the patient and reduces unnecessary care.
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Rahil Ghorbani Nia (Google Scholar)
Somayeh NooriHekmat (Google Scholar)
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