Developing an intervention for optimizing end of life care in any setting

Area of Science:

• Public Health
• Health Policy
• Palliative Care Research

Background:

• Hospice care standards often fail to influence broader health policies.
• The public health sector has experience with cross-sectoral policy approaches.
• Health in All Policies (HiAP) offers a model for inter-organizational collaboration.

Purpose of the Study:

• To investigate Health in All Policies (HiAP) as an intervention for end-of-life care.
• To develop a framework for implementing HiAP in end-of-life care.
• To evaluate the potential impact of HiAP on end-of-life care integration in England.

Main Methods:

• Exploration of the Health in All Policies (HiAP) framework.
• Analysis of inter-organizational exchange mechanisms.
• Development of an implementation framework for end-of-life care.

Main Results:

• The study outlines how HiAP facilitates cross-sectoral collaboration.
• A framework for integrating HiAP into end-of-life care is proposed.
• Potential impacts on end-of-life care integration are identified.

Conclusions:

• Adapting HiAP can enhance the integration of end-of-life care across populations.
• Cross-sectoral collaboration is key to optimizing palliative care.
• Policy development must consider a comprehensive, population-wide approach to end-of-life care.