Exploring the enablers and barriers experienced by people with severe and enduring mental illnesses in Jamaica when accessing healthcare for chronic physical illnesses
This study utilised a convergent mixed-methods design to explore the enablers and barriers to healthcare access for people with severe and enduring mental illness and chronic physical illness in Jamaica. Findings revealed enablers and barriers operated across a socio-ecological model consisting of f...
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2023
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| author | Whitehorne-Smith, Patrice Antoinette |
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| description | This study utilised a convergent mixed-methods design to explore the enablers and barriers to healthcare access for people with severe and enduring mental illness and chronic physical illness in Jamaica. Findings revealed enablers and barriers operated across a socio-ecological model consisting of factors consistent with several social determinants of health including free healthcare, poverty, stigma and discrimination and social support. Implications and recommendations for improved healthcare access for this population were presented and discussed. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-953052024-06-10T05:58:36Z Exploring the enablers and barriers experienced by people with severe and enduring mental illnesses in Jamaica when accessing healthcare for chronic physical illnesses Whitehorne-Smith, Patrice Antoinette This study utilised a convergent mixed-methods design to explore the enablers and barriers to healthcare access for people with severe and enduring mental illness and chronic physical illness in Jamaica. Findings revealed enablers and barriers operated across a socio-ecological model consisting of factors consistent with several social determinants of health including free healthcare, poverty, stigma and discrimination and social support. Implications and recommendations for improved healthcare access for this population were presented and discussed. 2023 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95305 Curtin University restricted |
| spellingShingle | Whitehorne-Smith, Patrice Antoinette Exploring the enablers and barriers experienced by people with severe and enduring mental illnesses in Jamaica when accessing healthcare for chronic physical illnesses |
| title | Exploring the enablers and barriers experienced by people with severe and enduring mental illnesses in Jamaica when accessing healthcare for chronic physical illnesses |
| title_full | Exploring the enablers and barriers experienced by people with severe and enduring mental illnesses in Jamaica when accessing healthcare for chronic physical illnesses |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the enablers and barriers experienced by people with severe and enduring mental illnesses in Jamaica when accessing healthcare for chronic physical illnesses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the enablers and barriers experienced by people with severe and enduring mental illnesses in Jamaica when accessing healthcare for chronic physical illnesses |
| title_short | Exploring the enablers and barriers experienced by people with severe and enduring mental illnesses in Jamaica when accessing healthcare for chronic physical illnesses |
| title_sort | exploring the enablers and barriers experienced by people with severe and enduring mental illnesses in jamaica when accessing healthcare for chronic physical illnesses |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95305 |