%0 Journal Article
%T Barriers of pre-hospital services in road traffic injuries in Tehran: the viewpoint of service providers
%J International journal of community based nursing and midwifery
%D 2015
%A Alinia, Shahrokh
%A Khankeh, Hamidreza
%A Maddah, Sadat Seyed Bagher
%A Negarandeh, Reza
%V 3
%N 4
%P 272-282
%X BACKGROUND: Iran is one of the countries with considerable road traffic injuries. Pre-hospital interventions have an important role in preventing mortalities and disabilities caused by traffic accidents. The present study aimed to explore the barriers of pre-hospital care in traffic injuries in Tehran, Iran. <br><br>METHODS: A qualitative content analysis approach was conducted based on 21 semi-structured interviews with 18 participants. A purposeful sampling method was applied until reaching data saturation. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, and then data condensing, labeling, coding and defining categories were performed by qualitative content analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: Four main barriers including 4 main categories and 13 subcategories emerged; they included Barriers related to people, Barriers related to metropolitan infrastructure, Barriers related to the profession and Barriers related to managerial issues. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Based on the findings of this study, pre-hospital service barriers in traffic accidents have many dimensions including cultural, structural and managerial domains. Policy makers in health system can use these findings to promote the quality of pre-hospital services, especially in the field of traffic injuries.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
%@ 2322-2476
%U http://dx.doi.org/