At the top of the page, there is a maroon banner with the title of Percieved value and benefits of the Community Paramedicine at Clinic (CPatclinic) Program: A descriptive qualitative study. On the left of this banner is a logo for the McMaster University Department of Family Medicine, and a logo for CPatclinic. On the right is a logo for CIHR (Canadian Institutes for Health Research) and HAHSO (Hamilton Academic Health Sciences Organization). Underneath this is a yellow box with the text CP at clinic took place in social housing buildings to support cardiovascular health and diabetes management for older adults. Community Paramedicine (CP) is increasingly being used to provide chronic disease management for vulnerable populations in the community. There is another box underneath with the text Objective: To examine participant perceptions of their experience with CPatclinic as well as potential ongoing program benefits. Underneath this, there is a subheading called Data Collection. Starting from the left side of the page, there are 4 icons of buildings with the text 4 CPatclinic Buildings. Hamilton (2). Guelph (1). York Region (1). From that section, an arrow points to the right where there is an icon of people talking around a table, with the text Focus Groups. 8-12 Participants. Another arrow points to the right with three bullet points syaing Positive & negative feedback. How did the participants feel, and areas of improvement. In the middle of the page there is a box with the subtitle Overarching Themes, analysis yielded 6 themes across two broad areas. Within this box there is a section on the left, entitled personal benefits for participants. It lists three themes with an icon to visually represent each. The themes are timely access to health information and services, support to achieve personal health goals, a better understanding of health care system. The section on the right, entitled CPatclinic program structure, describes themes in this second area. The themes are created a sense of community, provided a comfortable and familiar place to talk about health, and facilitated communication between healthcare professionals. Close to the bottom of the page, there is a box with the title Participant View on Community Paramedicine roles. Underneath this, there are three bullet points saying trusted healthcare professional, patient advocate, and emergency expert. To the right side of the page, there is another box with the title Participant views on continued involvement with CPatclinic. The three bullet points in this box are interest in continuing engagement with CPatclinic, helpful to focus on personal goals, and noticed positive changes in health. At the bottom of the page, there is a large yellow points with the title Key Points and an icon of a lightbulb and a key. There are two bullet points. The first reads CP@clinic was successful in creating a supportive and friendly environment to facilitate health behavioural changes. The second one reads Ongoing implementation of CP@clinic would allow residents to continue to build their chronic disease management knowledge and skills.

Perceived value and benefits of CP@clinic

At the top of the page, there is a maroon banner with the title of Percieved value and benefits of the Community Paramedicine at Clinic (CPatclinic) Program: A descriptive qualitative study. On the left of this banner is a logo for the McMaster University Department of Family Medicine, and a logo for CPatclinic. On the right is a logo for CIHR (Canadian Institutes for Health Research) and HAHSO (Hamilton Academic Health Sciences Organization). Underneath this is a yellow box with the text CP at clinic took place in social housing buildings to support cardiovascular health and diabetes management for older adults. Community Paramedicine (CP) is increasingly being used to provide chronic disease management for vulnerable populations in the community. There is another box underneath with the text Objective: To examine participant perceptions of their experience with CPatclinic as well as potential ongoing program benefits. Underneath this, there is a subheading called Data Collection. Starting from the left side of the page, there are 4 icons of buildings with the text 4 CPatclinic Buildings. Hamilton (2). Guelph (1). York Region (1). From that section, an arrow points to the right where there is an icon of people talking around a table, with the text Focus Groups. 8-12 Participants. Another arrow points to the right with three bullet points syaing Positive & negative feedback. How did the participants feel, and areas of improvement. In the middle of the page there is a box with the subtitle Overarching Themes, analysis yielded 6 themes across two broad areas. Within this box there is a section on the left, entitled personal benefits for participants. It lists three themes with an icon to visually represent each. The themes are timely access to health information and services, support to achieve personal health goals, a better understanding of health care system. The section on the right, entitled CPatclinic program structure, describes themes in this second area. The themes are created a sense of community, provided a comfortable and familiar place to talk about health, and facilitated communication between healthcare professionals. Close to the bottom of the page, there is a box with the title Participant View on Community Paramedicine roles. Underneath this, there are three bullet points saying trusted healthcare professional, patient advocate, and emergency expert. To the right side of the page, there is another box with the title Participant views on continued involvement with CPatclinic. The three bullet points in this box are interest in continuing engagement with CPatclinic, helpful to focus on personal goals, and noticed positive changes in health. At the bottom of the page, there is a large yellow points with the title Key Points and an icon of a lightbulb and a key. There are two bullet points. The first reads CP@clinic was successful in creating a supportive and friendly environment to facilitate health behavioural changes. The second one reads Ongoing implementation of CP@clinic would allow residents to continue to build their chronic disease management knowledge and skills.

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