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Midwives', health visitors', family nurse practitioners' and women's experiences of the NHS Grampian's Financial Inclusion Pathway in practice: a qualitative investigation of early implementation and impact. [Report]

Douglas, Flora; MacIver, Emma; Davis, Tracy; Littlejohn, Chris

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Tracy Davis

Chris Littlejohn



Abstract

All Local Child Poverty Action Plans require midwives, health visitors and family nurses to identify families with children under five at risk of financial hardship, and to refer them for help to increase their household incomes. This strategy (the so-called Financial Inclusion Pathway) is one of the range of efforts outlined in the Child Poverty Action Plans, aimed at increasing household income and alleviating child poverty in Scotland. A qualitative study took place to increase understanding about the early implementation of the Financial Inclusion Pathway within the NHS Grampian area. The research set out to establish how this initiative was operating within and impacting on the clinical practice of those health professionals concerned with delivering on it. The project also aimed to learn more about these health professionals' experiences of benefit gained, from the perspectives of parents and their children. The study took place between April and August 2021, and was funded by an NHS Grampian Endowments grant. The analysis produced a number of themes and subthemes, which formed the basis for a series of recommendations that are detailed in full in this report.

Citation

DOUGLAS, F., MACIVER, E., DAVIS, T. and LITTLEJOHN, C. 2022. Midwives', health visitors', family nurse practitioners' and women's experiences of the NHS Grampian's Financial Inclusion Pathway in practice: a qualitative investigation of early implementation and impact. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

Report Type Project Report
Publication Date Sep 30, 2022
Deposit Date Oct 19, 2022
Publicly Available Date Oct 19, 2022
Publisher Robert Gordon University
Keywords Poverty; Health services; Scotland
Public URL https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1783383

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