Open AccessA qualitative evaluation of a home-based palliative care program utilizing community health workers in India
Author(s) -
Maryellen Potts,
Kathleen B. Cartmell,
Lynne S. Nemeth,
Suparna Qanungo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_166_18
Subject(s) - palliative care , nursing , medicine , grounded theory , qualitative research , stakeholder , intervention (counseling) , health care , medical education , family medicine , public relations , sociology , social science , political science , economics , economic growth
In India, the need for rural palliative care is increasing with the rising number of people diagnosed with late-stage cancers. Rural areas also have a shortage of trained medical personnel to deliver palliative care. To address these needs, a home-based palliative care program using community health workers (CHWs) to facilitate care delivery was developed to extend the reach of a cancer center's palliative care services outside of Kolkata, India. The research question guiding this qualitative study was, how feasible, useful, and acceptable was this program from the perspectives of the clinical team and CHWs who delivered the intervention?