Staffs’ experiences of a person-centered health education group intervention for people with a persistent mental illness.Show others and affiliations
2013 (English)In: Issues in Mental Health Nursing, ISSN 0161-2840, E-ISSN 1096-4673, Vol. 34, no 7, p. 488-496Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Patient education in mental health care is a conventional intervention to increase patients' knowledge about their illness and treatment. A provider-centered focus in patient education may put patients in a passive role, which can counteract their processes of recovery. There is an increasing emphasis on recovery-oriented practice, an approach that is aligned with the service user perspective, but little is known about health care staff's perspectives on person-centered mental health care. A qualitative approach was used to describe staff's experiences of being group leaders in a person-centered health education intervention in municipal services for persons with a persistent mental illness. The analysis of staff experiences revealed three core categories: (1) implications of the division of responsibility among local authorities, (2) awareness of facilitating factors of growth, and (3) the meaning of dialogue. These formed the theme Preconditions for Person-Centered Care. Further research is required to explore larger economic, political, and social structures as backdrops to person-centered mental health care, from the perspective of service users, families, health professionals, and the community at large. © 2013 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
New York: Informa Healthcare, 2013. Vol. 34, no 7, p. 488-496
Keywords [en]
health education, mental health care, person-centeredness, persistent mental illness, staff experiences
National Category
Health Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-21513DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2013.775614ISI: 000209366500003PubMedID: 23875550Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84880756996OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-21513DiVA, id: diva2:606181
2013-02-182013-02-182018-03-22Bibliographically approved