TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing and comparing compassionate communities benefits across cities in diverse cultural contexts
T2 - a step toward the identification of the most important ones
AU - González-Jaramillo, Valentina
AU - Krikorian, Alicia
AU - Tripodoro, Vilma
AU - Jorge, Margarita
AU - Orellana, Sebastián
AU - López, Francy
AU - Vélez, Maria Clara
AU - Noguera, Tatiana
AU - Montilla, Silvina
AU - Felber, Sibylle
AU - Zambrano, Sofía C.
AU - Eychmüller, Steffen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2025.
PY - 2025/1/1
Y1 - 2025/1/1
N2 - Background: As Compassionate Communities (CCs) are developing worldwide, there is a growing need to systematically assess if they are having the expected effects on the community. Although having a single strategy would be ideal in terms of standardization and comparison, due to the inherent heterogeneity of CCs, it is not known how feasible this would be. Objectives: To assess the feasibility of creating a general strategy, based on the results of a series of focus groups conducted across three diverse CCs, to guide the evaluation of already existing programs and the development of new ones. Design: Focus groups in three cities, including different types of stakeholders, were conducted to identify potential outcomes (benefits) from CCs, as the base of a general strategy to assess CCs. Methods: We coded the discussions and built a list of the outcomes mentioned. Then, we merged those similar enough into a more general one that encompassed the others. We extracted from reviews all the CCs outcomes that have been measured. We merged the outcomes from the focus groups and the reviews and built a single list. Results: We obtained a final list of 46 outcomes; 44 were reported from the focus groups, and two more were added from the reviews. Of the 44 from the focus groups, 22 (50%) were present in the three CCs, 14(32%) were present in two CCs, and the remaining 8 (18%) were present only in one compassionate community. There were outcomes commonly reported both in the three CCs and in the literature reviews related to training the general community in compassion and end-of-life topics, facilitating the development of community networks, and generating public spaces for social integration. Conclusion: Half of the identified outcomes were reported in the three CCs. This indicates the feasibility of creating a single strategy but also reflects the need to leave room to include other aspects specific to each community according to its context in the assessment.
AB - Background: As Compassionate Communities (CCs) are developing worldwide, there is a growing need to systematically assess if they are having the expected effects on the community. Although having a single strategy would be ideal in terms of standardization and comparison, due to the inherent heterogeneity of CCs, it is not known how feasible this would be. Objectives: To assess the feasibility of creating a general strategy, based on the results of a series of focus groups conducted across three diverse CCs, to guide the evaluation of already existing programs and the development of new ones. Design: Focus groups in three cities, including different types of stakeholders, were conducted to identify potential outcomes (benefits) from CCs, as the base of a general strategy to assess CCs. Methods: We coded the discussions and built a list of the outcomes mentioned. Then, we merged those similar enough into a more general one that encompassed the others. We extracted from reviews all the CCs outcomes that have been measured. We merged the outcomes from the focus groups and the reviews and built a single list. Results: We obtained a final list of 46 outcomes; 44 were reported from the focus groups, and two more were added from the reviews. Of the 44 from the focus groups, 22 (50%) were present in the three CCs, 14(32%) were present in two CCs, and the remaining 8 (18%) were present only in one compassionate community. There were outcomes commonly reported both in the three CCs and in the literature reviews related to training the general community in compassion and end-of-life topics, facilitating the development of community networks, and generating public spaces for social integration. Conclusion: Half of the identified outcomes were reported in the three CCs. This indicates the feasibility of creating a single strategy but also reflects the need to leave room to include other aspects specific to each community according to its context in the assessment.
KW - actions
KW - administration
KW - community
KW - compassionate cities
KW - compassionate communities
KW - education
KW - end-of-life care
KW - palliative care
KW - public health
KW - public health professional
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85216217700&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/26323524251314899
DO - 10.1177/26323524251314899
M3 - Artículo en revista científica indexada
AN - SCOPUS:85216217700
SN - 2632-3524
VL - 19
JO - Palliative Care and Social Practice
JF - Palliative Care and Social Practice
ER -