Primary care physicians’ perceptions of social determinants of health recommendations: a qualitative study

Author:

Mizumoto JunkiORCID,Mitsuyama Toshichika,Eto Masato,Izumiya Masashi,Horita Shoko

Abstract

BackgroundSeveral organisations have called for primary care professionals to address social determinants of health (SDoH) in clinical settings. For primary care physicians to fulfill their community health responsibilities, the implications of the SDoH recommendations need to be clarified.AimTo describe primary care physicians’ views about being asked to address SDoH in clinical settings, from both positive and negative perspectives.Design & settingA qualitative study in Japan. Twenty-one physicians were purposively recruited.Method‘Love and breakup letter’ methodology was used to collect qualitative data that contained both positive and negative feelings. Participants wrote love and breakup letters about being asked to address SDoH in a clinical setting, then undertook an in-depth online interview. Data were analysed via thematic analysis using the framework approach.ResultsThe following themes were identified: (i) primary care physicians take pride in being expected to address SDoH; (ii) primary care physicians rely on the recommendations as a partner, even in difficult situations; (iii) primary care physicians consider the recommendations to be bothersome, with unreasonable demands and challenges, especially when supportive surroundings are lacking; and (iv) primary care physicians reconstruct the recommendations on the basis of their experience.ConclusionPrimary care physicians felt both sympathy and antipathy towards recommendations asking them to address SDoH in their clinical practice. The recommendations were not followed literally, instead contributing to physicians’ clinical mindlines. Professional organisations that plan to develop and publish recommendations about SDoH should consider how their recommendations might be perceived by their target audience.

Publisher

Royal College of General Practitioners

Subject

Family Practice

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