Characteristics of Indigenous primary health care models of service delivery: a scoping review protocol.

Abstract

REVIEW OBJECTIVE The objective of the scoping review is to identify and describe within the existing literature the characteristics (values, principles, components and suggest practical applications) of primary health care models of service delivery for Indigenous people. More specifically, the review question is: What are the characteristics (values, principles, components and suggested practical applications) of primary health care models of service delivery for Indigenous people? Findings from this scoping review will inform two systematic reviews. One of these will explore the acceptability and the other the effectiveness of identified characteristics. INCLUSION CRITERIA Types of participants Individual participants are not a feature of the scoping review and therefore will not be considered in the study selection. Concept The concepts of interests are the characteristics (values, principles, components and suggested practical applications) of models of service delivery implemented within an Indigenous health service. Within the literature a number of different terms such as service delivery models of care and service frameworks have been used interchangeably to articulate the way in which services are or should be operationalized. For the purposes of this review a service delivery model includes all factors involved in the delivery of care. Including, but not limited, to: The vision, values and strategies that underpin the delivery of care The healthcare services and programs available to clients Governance and leadership Workforce organization and supply Infrastructure and other resources. For the purpose of this review all characteristics of a model of service delivery, either in part or as a whole, TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS