Sharp Marsha
Dietitians of Canada, Toronto, ON.
Can J Diet Pract Res. 2006 Autumn;Suppl:S4-8. doi: 10.3148/67.0.2006.s4.
Dietitians of Canada has endorsed the Principles and Framework for Enhancing Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Primary Health Care (EICP) created by the EICP Initiative. The Initiative focused on the conditions required for health professionals to work together in the most effective and efficient way, so that they can produce the best health outcomes for individuals and their families--the patients, clients, and consumers of our national health system. The Initiative was spearheaded by a Steering Committee of 11 national health professional organizations, and brought together leaders, health professionals, and key stakeholders in Canada's primary health care system in a change process designed to facilitate more interdisciplinary collaboration.
In the context of the EICP Initiative, the Principles are values shared by stakeholders. They are critical to the establishment of collaboration and teamwork to achieve the best health outcomes. The elements of the Principles are patient/client engagement, a population health approach, the best possible care and services, access, trust and respect, and effective communication. The Framework builds upon these Principles and is composed of the structural and process elements required to support collaborative primary health care. The elements of the Framework are health human resources, funding, liability, regulation, information and communications technology, management and leadership, and planning and evaluation.
The Boards of Directors of the ten health professions leading the EICP Initiative agreed upon the values and key structural and process elements that need to be put in place to enhance interdisciplinary collaboration in Primary Health Care in Canada. Dietitians of Canada will continue to seek opportunities to further the change process started by EICP. Approximately 40 research papers and a toolkit to help primary heath care providers work together have been produced.
加拿大营养师协会认可了由“加强初级卫生保健跨学科合作倡议”（EICP倡议）制定的《加强初级卫生保健跨学科合作原则与框架》。该倡议聚焦于卫生专业人员以最有效和高效方式开展合作所需的条件，以便为个人及其家庭——我们国家卫生系统的患者、客户和消费者带来最佳健康结果。该倡议由11个全国性卫生专业组织组成的指导委员会牵头，将加拿大初级卫生保健系统中的领导者、卫生专业人员和关键利益相关者汇聚在一个旨在促进更多跨学科合作的变革进程中。
在EICP倡议的背景下，这些原则是利益相关者共同秉持的价值观。它们对于建立合作与团队合作以实现最佳健康结果至关重要。这些原则的要素包括患者/客户参与、人群健康方法、尽可能优质的护理和服务、可及性、信任与尊重以及有效沟通。该框架以这些原则为基础，由支持协作性初级卫生保健所需的结构和流程要素组成。框架的要素包括卫生人力资源、资金、责任、监管、信息和通信技术、管理与领导以及规划与评估。
引领EICP倡议的十个卫生专业领域的董事会就为加强加拿大初级卫生保健中的跨学科合作而需确立的价值观以及关键结构和流程要素达成了一致。加拿大营养师协会将继续寻求机会推进由EICP启动的变革进程。现已产出约40篇研究论文以及一个帮助初级卫生保健提供者开展合作的工具包。
