IPA Leadership in Multidisciplinary Primary Care for Weight Management

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[...] This can guide IPA primary care interventions to achieve with the team, for example, weight management goals. To achieve this, it is necessary to work with patients to integrate their cultural values into care and modify certain cultural practices when they harm health. TheTranscultural theory of caring » (Leininger, 1991) stipulates that care must be adapted to the values, beliefs, and cultural contexts of patients. In a transdisciplinary collaboration, IPAs can sensitize the team to cultural diversity and ensure that interventions take into account the cultural needs of overweight patients. [...]

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[...] The IPA's leadership is based on their clinical expertise and their ability to train other professionals, depending on their level of competence. It is based on the vision proposed by the IPA, setting long-term objectives to induce change and requires changing the behavior of collaborators. To do this, the leader must motivate team members. The transformational leadership is based on the ability to establish an inspiring vision and to motivate team members. In nursing, a transformational change is a possible solution to secure patients, as it is positively correlated with organizational performance: it increases job satisfaction by improving the autonomy of employees. [...]

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[...] How can the IPA exercise its clinical leadership to promote effective collaboration with the interdisciplinary team in order to identify and raise awareness among overweight individuals? Literature Review The IPAs collaborate with general practitioners, in « multifunctional home care and support services, health centers, EHPAD . » (Barrière-Arnoux, 2022). Bilodeau et al. raise that « the contribution of nursing sciences to the development of interprofessional knowledge consistent with patient-centered practice should be inspired by nursing values » (Bilodeau, 2013). The IPA can refer to various models to establish efficient collaboration in the transdisciplinary team. [...]