Valued Yet Still Not Fully Integrated: Social Workers' Experiences Practicing in Interprofessional Primary Healthcare Teams.
Relatively little is known about social workers in interprofessional primary healthcare (PHC) teams, despite social work being one of the largest health and social service professions. Understanding the experiences of social workers in PHC teams will help strengthen the integration of social workers...
| Publicado en: | Health & Social Work Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 206 - 215 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Aug2026
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Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 03607283 HSW jtl: Health & Social Work issn: 03607283 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2026 vid: 51 iid: 3 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 195546044 10.1093/hsw/hlag018 ppf: 206 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.1MB tig: atl: Valued Yet Still Not Fully Integrated: Social Workers' Experiences Practicing in Interprofessional Primary Healthcare Teams. aug: au: Ashcroft, Rachelle Lam, Simon Adamson, Keith Sheffield, Peter Owaisi, Rumia Joseph, Urvashi Donnelly, Catherine Rayner, Jennifer Brown, Judith Belle affil: Rachelle Ashcroft, PhD, is associate professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V4, Canada Simon Lam, MSW, RSW, is research coordinator, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Keith Adamson, PhD, RSW, is MSW director and associate professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Peter Sheffield, MSW, MSc, RSW are doctoral students, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Rumia Owaisi, MSW, RSW are doctoral students, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Urvashi Joseph, MSW, RSW, are doctoral students, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Catherine Donnelly, PhD, is associate professor, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Jennifer Rayner, PhD, is director, research and policy, Alliance for Healthier Communities, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Judith Belle Brown, PhD, is professor, Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada su: Canada Community health services Interprofessional relations Qualitative research Primary health care Social worker attitudes Group decision making Research funding Judgment sampling Thematic analysis Research methodology Data analysis software Health care teams sug: subj: Community health services Interprofessional relations Qualitative research Primary health care Social worker attitudes Group decision making Canada Community health centres All Other Outpatient Care Centers Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities Other Individual and Family Services Other local, municipal and regional public administration Research funding Judgment sampling Thematic analysis Research methodology Data analysis software Health care teams keyword: copyrightHolder:National Association of Social Workers copyrightYear:2026 https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hsw/hlag018 individualized medicine inLanguage:en interprofessional teams primary health care primary healthcare publisher:Oxford University Press qualitative research sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42262728/ social work copyrightHolder:National Association of Social Workers copyrightYear:2026 https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hsw/hlag018 individualized medicine inLanguage:en interprofessional teams primary health care primary healthcare publisher:Oxford University Press qualitative research sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42262728/ social work ab: Relatively little is known about social workers in interprofessional primary healthcare (PHC) teams, despite social work being one of the largest health and social service professions. Understanding the experiences of social workers in PHC teams will help strengthen the integration of social workers in these settings. The research question guiding this study was: "What are the experiences of social workers working in interprofessional PHC teams in Ontario, Canada?" This was a descriptive qualitative study and the authors conducted focus groups with social workers embedded in PHC. Fifty-seven social workers participated in 10 focus groups that were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Thematic analysis guided an inductive analysis of the data. Seven themes in the data were identified: (1) social work is valued by the team, (2) social work enhances the team, (3) the pandemic disrupted team relationships, (4) team collaboration requires intention and opportunity, (5) lack of physical space, (6) limited influence on decision making, and (7) clinical supervision mitigates isolation. While social workers feel valued by their team members, opportunities to contribute to organizational decision making remain limited. Addressing the tacit hierarchies that facilitate these challenges through shared leadership practices or adoption of collaborative competency frameworks is recommended. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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