Bringing MOCHA Lessons to Your Service

Magda Boere-Boonekamp, Karin Groothuis-Oudshoorn, Tamara Schloemer, Peter Schröder-Bäck, Janine Van Til, Kinga Zdunek, Paul Kocken

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Abstract

Identifying the qualities of primary care that have the potential to produce optimal health outcomes is only half the story. The Models of Child Health Appraised (MOCHA) project has not only explored how to transfer these to other national contexts, but also which successful components should be transferred. It is important to assess the population criteria of the identified sociodemographic, cultural and social characteristics and the population perspectives on a care system’s components. The project analysed public experiences and perceptions of the quality of primary care for children from a representative sample of the general public in five European Union member states. The public perception of children’s primary care services, in particular the perceived quality of care and expectations with regard to care for children, is important to understand before MOCHA lessons can be effectively adopted in a country. We found that the socio-cultural characteristics of a country inform the population perceptions and preferences with regard to the care system. In the five countries surveyed, there was agreement about aspects of quality of care - such as accessible opening hours, confidential consultations for children and timeliness of consultation for an illness, but there was a difference in opinion about giving priority to items such as making an appointment without a referral, or a child’s right to a confidential consultation. The cultural context of transferability and the means of addressing this such as defining the target audience and the different means of disseminating important messages to the wider community to address contextual factors can act as barriers or facilitators to the introduction of new components of primary care models.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIssues and Opportunities in Primary Health Care for Children in Europe
Subtitle of host publicationThe Final Summarised Results of the Models of Child Health Appraised (MOCHA) Project
PublisherEmerald
Chapter18
Pages359-370
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9781789733518
ISBN (Print)9781789733549
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 May 2019

Keywords

  • child health
  • culture
  • Health policy
  • quality of care
  • transferability
  • values

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