Understanding the drivers of interprofessional collaborative practice among HIV primary care providers and case managers in HIV care programmes

摘要: Care coordination programmes are an important aspect of HIV management whose success depends largely on primary care provider (PCP) and case manager collaboration. Factors influencing collaboration among PCPs managers remain to be studied. The study objective was test existing theoretical model interprofessional collaborative practice determine which factors play the most role in facilitating A self-administered, anonymous mail survey sent New York City. An adapted instrument elicited information demographic, contextual, perceived social exchange (trustworthiness, specification, relationship initiation) characteristics. dependent variable, practice, constructed from a validated scale. sequential block wise regression specifying variable entry order examined relative importance each group individual variables. analysis showed that were dominant drivers Relationship initiation predictor Additional influential included organisational leadership support collaboration, settings, frequency meetings. Addressing providers will help public health optimally design their structural, hiring, training strategies foster effective exchanges promote working relationships.