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Healthcare workers walking the trans-sectoral health and social care walk: how to improve integration?

Webinar, Wednesday, 6 April 2022, 4.00-5.00 p.m. CET (Brussels), 
https://zoom.us/j/91847743579?pwd=QVJDK21pT0dpWkNiWmlVUzFMcEc3dz09, 
(Meeting ID: 918 4774 3579, Passcode: 522352)

Organisers: European Public Health Association section ‘Health Workforce Research (EUPHA-HWR) and Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, Department of Public Health, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Chairs: Marius Ungureanu (Head of Department of Public Health, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Ellen Kuhlmann (President of EUPHA-HWR section; Hannover Medical School, Germany)

Poorly integrated health and social care services and a lack of trans-sectoral coordination models are major health system problems. Many healthcare workers are faced with the challenges of closing existing institutional gaps and mitigating policy failures in their day-to-day practices. They are continuously walking the walk between the health and social care sectors, thus playing an important role in building bridges for better integration and coordination of care. What to learn from these experiences on the challenges, chances and needs of trans-sectoral work? This webinar addresses these questions with a focus on the health workforce in two major areas: community care and long-term care.

Programme

Healthcare workers walking the trans-sectoral health and social care walk. Introduction, Marius Ungureanu, Ellen Kuhlmann

Health and social care alignment: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and policy priorities in the European region, Tomas Zapata, WHO Office European Region

The COVID-19 pandemic and the need to talk about migration of carers: lessons from the LTCcovid Network, Adelina Comas-Herrera, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

Community workers’ perspectives on integrated health and nutrition services: lessons from Madagascar, Ligia Paina, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA

Community healthcare workers, how to build up a new group of the health workforce: findings from current initiatives in Romania, Marius Ungureanu, Monica Brînzac, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania

The coordination role of healthcare workers to improve integrated care: what elements are critical in practice? Claudia B Maier, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

Which way forward to improve health and social care integration? Discussion and conclusions, Ellen Kuhlmann, Marius Ungureanu

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