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Abstract
Introduction: Nonprofit community-based organizations (COs) are expected to complement specialized cancer care and help meet the needs of people living with and beyond cancer. However, nonprofit community organization (CO) services are underused by women living with and beyond breast cancer (WLWB-BC).
Objective: The objective of this study is to explore women’s experience of using CO services.
Methods: The study is designed as a qualitative study using Interpretive Description. Ten WLWB-BC with experience using CO services were recruited for individual interviews. Thematic content analysis of interview data relied on an iterative 3-cycle coding process to identify factors that affect women’s activation to use CO support services.
Results: Interviews reveal variations in women’s recognition of their need for support, in their experience of identifying COs to meet these needs, and in the process of accessing and using CO services. The concept of candidacy emerges as a determinant process in the use of CO services, influenced by the highly contextualized quality of interactions between women, cancer team professionals and COs.
Discussion and Conclusion: Integrating CO services requires more productive interactions. Our findings shed light on how WLWB-BC seek response to their needs outside specialized cancer care. An important aspect is how they see themselves as candidates for CO services and how care providers legitimate perceived needs and eligibility. Candidacy and productive interactions create a virtuous circle supporting activated and informed providers, which in turn support WLWB-BC activation in self-management and CO service utilization.
Keywords:
- breast cancer,
- nonprofit community-based organization,
- chronic care model,
- candidacy,
- qualitative study
Résumé
Introduction : Les organismes communautaires à but non lucratif (OC) offrent des services complémentaires aux soins spécialisés pour répondre aux besoins des personnes touchées par le cancer. Cependant, leurs services sont sous-utilisés par les femmes vivant avec et après un cancer du sein.
Objectif : Cette étude vise à explorer l’expérience de l’utilisation des services des OC chez ces femmes.
Méthodes : Cette étude qualitative adopte un devis descriptif interprétatif. Dix femmes ayant utilisé les services d’OC ont été rencontrées en entrevues individuelles. Une analyse de contenu thématique a été réalisée selon un codage itératif en 3 cycles pour identifier les facteurs qui influencent les femmes à utiliser les services des OC.
Résultats : Les entrevues révèlent une variabilité dans la reconnaissance des besoins de soutien chez les femmes, leur expérience pour identifier des OC répondant à leurs besoins, et le processus pour accéder aux services et les utiliser. Le concept d’éligibilité émerge comme un processus déterminant de l’utilisation des OC, influencé par la qualité des interactions fortement contextualisées entre les femmes, les équipes de cancérologie et les OC.
Discussion et conclusion : L’intégration des services des OC nécessite des interactions plus productives. Nos résultats montrent comment ces femmes cherchent à répondre à leurs besoins hors des soins spécialisés. La perception d’être éligible aux OC et la légitimation de l’utilisation de leurs services de la part des équipes de cancérologie sont déterminantes. Les interactions productives et l’éligibilité créent un cercle vertueux entre des dispensateurs informés et actifs qui, à leur tour, soutiennent l’autogestion et l’utilisation des services.
Mots-clés :
- cancer du sein,
- organisme communautaire à but non lucratif,
- modèle de soins chroniques,
- éligibilité/candidacy,
- étude qualitative
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