CoSMaS · Developing an interdisciplinary Collaborative Self-Management Support model: behavioural and communication tools for integrated care
Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2017-04-03 → 2019-04-02
- EU contribution
- €185,076
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- MSCA-IF-EF-ST
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Results in brief
Developing an interdisciplinary Collaborative Self-Management Support model: behavioural and communication tools for integrated care
Managing chronic health conditions is an increasing challenge to healthcare systems worldwide, especially in the context of an aging population, and requires urgent improvement of current healthcare models. Integrated care and patient empowerment represent promising solutions: offering tailored support for self-management in a collaborative framework already brought good results in several health care contexts. Yet, their large-scale implementation is still to be achieved. One limitation is the insufficient use of behavioural and communication research in healthcare improvement, to understand the social dynamics of collaborative management in routine care and the combined effects of the actions of multiple actors involved in self-management support. A second limitation is the lack of involvement of all stakeholders in the development of solutions for health service improvement, which led to a weak adoption and long-term sustainability of these programmes in routine care. The CoSMaS project aimed to develop and test an interdisciplinary Collaborative Self- Management Support Model (CoSMaS) in several chronic conditions, together with related measurement tools, by taking into account the dynamics of collaborative care and using a participative approach to applied research
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Project objective
The CoSMaS project aims to develop and test an interdisciplinary Collaborative Self-Management Support Model applicable to several chronic health conditions and to validate model measurement tools for use in research and routine care. The proposed research investigates how different HCPs contribute to supporting self-management, how they coordinate care, and how this can be improved to ensure comprehensive (but not redundant) care and ultimately reduce illness burden. It thus addresses recent calls to improve chronic care in Europe, in line with recent advances towards integrated care and current interest in using social science, especially health communication and behaviour change, to inform health services research. Within a 2-year timeline, it proposes a community-based participatory research approach to develop solutions for collaborative care in France in asthma, stroke and cancer based on input from various stakeholders, while also developing the model internationally via collaborations with other EU research centres. Theoretical literature reviews are first planned to inform model development. Qualitative studies are set to explore the views of patients’, caregivers’ and health care professionals of different specialities on current and desired CoSMaS practices. An international Delphi consultation aims to reach consensus on model elements and hypotheses by synthesizing opinions of research and management experts. Self-report tools are developed, piloted and validated in a cross-sectional online survey. This research is linked to relevant training, knowledge transfer and communication activities to broaden the expertise of the researcher, valorize her current knowledge within the host and partner organizations, and disseminate scientific evidence on collaborative self-management support to scientific audiences and the public at large.
Original text from CORDIS.
Participants
- UNIVERSITE LYON 1 CLAUDE BERNARD · Villeurbanne CedexCoordinatorFrance
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