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Stay and play: transforming healthcare delivery
Author(s) -
Brown Keith,
Young Natasha
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1002/chi.818
Subject(s) - skepticism , exploratory research , work (physics) , set (abstract data type) , nursing , action research , psychology , health care , action (physics) , service delivery framework , service (business) , quality (philosophy) , medical education , public relations , medicine , sociology , business , political science , pedagogy , engineering , marketing , computer science , mechanical engineering , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , anthropology , law , programming language
This paper provides further evidence to challenge the scepticism of successful interprofessional working. It is a story of a project to support families and children, more specifically, isolated mothers, and the use of continuous quality improvement and action research methodologies to engage a community and change service provision. Based on exploratory group work Stay and Play child development and learning sessions were set up for, and were well received by, parents. The project group worked initially with uncertainty and undefined needs; professionals involved eventually saw the benefit of changing their practice to meet local community needs.