Engaging the Stakeholders: Views of Healthcare Professionals

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Engaging the StakeholdersViews of Healthcare
Professionals

• John Meurer, MD, MBA
• Laurie Lachance, PhD, Xin Geng, MS,
• Linda Jo Doctor, MPH, Noreen Clark, PhD
• Marielena Lara, MD, MPH
• Elisa Nicholas, MD, MSPH
• Cindy Kelly, MD

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Purpose of This Presentation

• To describe the views and perceptions of
  healthcare professionals (providers) about
  coalition characteristics
• To increase the proportion of providers who
  participate in local or state asthma coalition
  activities

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Methods

• Cross sectional survey of 128 provider members of
  7 Allies Against Asthma coalitions
• Physicians
• Other healthcare professionals including
  educators
• Hospital personnel
• Other healthcare providers including nurses,
  respiratory therapists, and pharmacists
• Chi-square tests to compare views of providers
  and 166 other coalition members

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Characteristics of Responding Providers

• Mean age 43 years
• 79 female
• Coalition members for average 22 months

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Common Activities of Providers in Asthma
Coalitions

• Lead committees and projects
• Train physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists,
  and pharmacists
• Teach families, childcare providers, and school
  personnel
• Inform public and environmental health officials
• Evaluate programs

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Relationships of Providers vs. Others in Asthma
Coalitions
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Providers vs. Others Views of Their Major
Functions in Asthma Coalitions
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Asthma Community Health Fair Res. Luis Lloréns
Torres Dance Group, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Providers vs. Others Most Frequent Perceived
Benefits of Asthma Coalitions
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Views of Coalition Benefits for Healthcare
Professionals vs. Others
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Providers vs. Others Perceptions of Asthma
Coalition Effectiveness
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Conclusions

• More than 80 of 128 healthcare professionals
  active in Allies Against Asthma coalitions
• Feel satisfied and loyal
• Plan and make resource decisions
• Collaborate in helping achieve shared goals
• View asthma coalitions as uniquely beneficial and
  essential
• Believe programs would not have occurred without
  coalition
• Perceive the coalition is making progress in
  improving asthma outcomes

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Conclusions

• Compared with 166 other coalition members,
  providers
• Less often learn about childhood asthma and
  increase skills through the coalition
• Less often network with other professionals
• More often view the coalition as making progress

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