NDLI: Feasibility and acceptability of involving bilingual community navigators to improve access to health and social care services in general practice setting of Australia

Content Provider	Springer Nature : BioMed Central
Author	Mistry, Sabuj Kanti Harris, Elizabeth Li, Xue Harris, Mark F.
Abstract	Background Patients from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds often face difficulties in accessing health and social care services. This study explored the feasibility and acceptability of involving community health workers (CHWs) as bilingual community navigators (BCNs) in general practice setting, to help patients from CALD backgrounds access health and social care services in Australia. Methods This research was conducted in two general practices in Sydney where most patients are from specific CALD backgrounds (Chinese in one practice and Samoan in other). Three CHWs trained as BCNs were placed in these practices to help patients access health and social care service. A mixed-method design was followed to explore the feasibility and acceptability of this intervention including analysis of a record of services provided by BCNs and post-intervention qualitative interviews with patients, practice staff and BCNs exploring the feasibility and acceptability of the BCNs’ role. The record was analyzed using descriptive statistics and interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and thematically analyzed. Results BCNs served a total of 95 patients, providing help with referral to other services (52.6%), information about appointments (46.3%), local resources (12.6%) or available social benefits (23.2%). Most patients received one service from BCNs with the average duration of appointments being half an hour. Overall, BCNs fitted in well within the practices and patients as well as staff of participating practices accepted them well. Their role was facilitated by patients’ felt need for and acceptance of BCNs’ services, recruitment of BCNs from the patient community, as well as BCNs’ training and motivation for their role. Major barriers for patients to access BCNs’ services included lack of awareness of the BCNs’ roles among some patients and practice staff, unavailability of information about local culture specific services, and inadequate time and health system knowledge by BCNs. Limited funding support and the short timeframe of the project were major limitations of the project. Conclusion BCNs’ placement in general practice was feasible and acceptable to patients and staff in these practices. This first step needs to be followed by accredited training, development of the workforce and establishing systems for supervision in order to sustain the program. Future research is needed on the extension of the intrevention to other practices and culture groups.
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ISSN	14726963
DOI	10.1186/s12913-023-09514-4
Journal	BMC Health Services Research
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	23
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2023-05-11
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Public Health Health Administration Health Informatics Nursing Research Access to health and social care Culturally and linguistically diverse Bilingual community navigator General practice Feasibility and acceptability
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Resource Type	Article
Subject	Health Policy

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
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