Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada.
BMJ Open. 2017 Nov 12;7(11):e019384. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019384.
Social work is a key member of interprofessional primary healthcare teams and foundational to primary healthcare reforms that aim to improve the provision of mental healthcare. Little is known, however, about social work's scope of practice within primary healthcare settings, particularly in the provision of mental healthcare. The objective of this study is to identify and describe social work's scope of practice as it relates to mental healthcare in primary healthcare settings.
A scoping review will be conducted using the methodology established by Arksey and O'Malley. We will search electronic databases (MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Social Services Abstracts and Social Work Abstracts) to identify studies appropriate for inclusion. One reviewer will independently screen all abstracts and full-text studies for inclusion, with supervision by lead investigator. We will include any study that focuses on social work and mental healthcare within primary healthcare settings. All bibliographic data, study characteristics and range of social work practice activities will be collected and analysed using a tool developed by the research team.
The scoping review will synthesise social work's scope of practice in the provision of mental healthcare within primary healthcare settings. This review will be the first step to formally develop guidelines for social work practice in primary healthcare. The results will be disseminated through a peer-reviewed publication and conference presentations.
社会工作是跨专业初级卫生保健团队的重要成员，也是旨在改善精神卫生保健服务的初级卫生保健改革的基础。然而，人们对社会工作在初级卫生保健环境中的实践范围知之甚少，特别是在提供精神卫生保健方面。本研究的目的是确定和描述社会工作在初级卫生保健环境中与精神卫生保健相关的实践范围。
将使用 Arksey 和 O'Malley 建立的方法进行范围综述。我们将搜索电子数据库（MEDLINE、Embase、PsycINFO、CINAHL、社会服务摘要和社会工作摘要）以确定适合纳入的研究。一名审查员将独立筛选所有摘要和全文研究，由首席研究员监督。我们将纳入任何专注于社会工作和初级卫生保健环境中精神卫生保健的研究。将使用研究小组开发的工具收集和分析所有书目数据、研究特征和社会工作实践活动范围。
范围综述将综合社会工作在初级卫生保健环境中提供精神卫生保健的实践范围。这一综述将是正式制定初级卫生保健社会工作实践指南的第一步。研究结果将通过同行评议的出版物和会议报告进行传播。
